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The Lover

She gave her innocence, her passion, her body. The one thing she couldn't give was her love.
Jan 22, 1992 · 1h 55m
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Romance

PLOT

A poor French teenage girl engages in an illicit affair with a wealthy Chinese heir in 1920s Saigon. For the first time in her young life she has control, and she wields it deftly over her besotted lover throughout a series of clandestine meetings and torrid encounters.

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CAST

Jane March
The Young Girl
Tony Leung Ka-fai
The Chinaman
Frédérique Meininger
The Mother
Arnaud Giovaninetti
The Elder Brother
Melvil Poupaud
The Younger Brother
Lisa Faulkner
Helene Lagonelle
Jeanne Moreau
Narrator (voice)
Xiem Mang
The Chinaman's Father
Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
FR
Budget
—
Revenue
$5,013,090
Production
Timothy Burrill Productions, Renn Productions, Grai Phang Film Studio, Films A2
Country
FR

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