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The Lover (1992)
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The Lover

1992Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud1h 55m

L'Amant

She gave her innocence, her passion, her body. The one thing she couldn't give was her love.

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.

  • Drama
  • Romance

Cast

  • Jane March as The Young Girl
  • Tony Leung Ka-fai as The Chinaman
  • Frédérique Meininger as The Mother
  • Arnaud Giovaninetti as The Elder Brother
  • Melvil Poupaud as The Younger Brother
  • Lisa Faulkner as Helene Lagonelle
  • Jeanne Moreau as Narrator (voice)
  • Xiem Mang as The Chinaman's Father
  • Philippe Le Dem as The French Teacher
  • Ann Schaufuss as Anne-Marie Stretter
  • Tania Torrens as The Principal
  • Espérance Pham Thai Lan as Femme
  • Hélène Patarot as The Assistant Mistress
  • Yvonne Wingerter as The Writer (beginning)
  • Raymonde Heudeline as The Writer (end)
  • Quach Van An as The Driver

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