The Lover
"She gave her innocence, her passion, her body. The one thing she couldn't give was her love."
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Released: Jan 22, 1992
Runtime: 1h 55m
Rating: ⭐ 7 / 10
Drama
Romance
Overview
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.
Top Billed 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
Xiem Mang
The Chinaman's Father

Philippe Le Dem
The French Teacher
Ann Schaufuss
Anne-Marie Stretter