The Lover

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(679 votes)

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.

Country:

France,

United Kingdom,

Vietnam

Genre:

Drama,

Romance

Duration:

115 minutes

Year:

1992

Director:

Jean-Jacques Annaud

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Company:

Timothy Burrill Productions,

Renn Productions,

Grai Phang Film Studio,

Films A2

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

Crew:
Claude Berri

Producer

Gérard Brach

Screenplay

Jean-Jacques Annaud

Director

Jean-Jacques Annaud

Screenplay

Robert Fraisse

Director of Photography