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The Lover

The Lover

Jean-Jacques Annaud

1992

  • Drama
  • Romance
7.0

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.

Cast & crew

  • Jean-Jacques AnnaudDirector
  • Jane MarchThe Young Girl
  • Tony Leung Ka-faiThe Chinaman
  • Frédérique MeiningerThe Mother
  • Arnaud GiovaninettiThe Elder Brother
  • Melvil PoupaudThe Younger Brother
  • Lisa FaulknerHelene Lagonelle
  • Jeanne MoreauNarrator (voice)
  • Xiem MangThe Chinaman's Father

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