The Lover
L'amant
1992, Film, 115 min, Biography, Drama, Romance, French, France, MoviePedia score 62
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.
Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud
Cast
- Jane March as The Young Girl
- Tony Ka Fai Leung as The Chinaman
- Jeanne Moreau as Narrator
- Frédérique Meininger as The Mother
- Arnaud Giovaninetti as The Elder Brother
- Melvil Poupaud as The Younger Brother
- Lisa Faulkner as Helene Lagonelle
- Xiem Mang as The Chinaman's Father
- Philippe Le Dem as The French Teacher
- Ann Schaufuss as Anne-Marie Stretter
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