The Lover

The Lover

1992

Movie Information

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.

Release Date

January 22, 1992

Director

Jean-Jacques Annaud

Runtime

1h 55m

Cast

Jane MarchTony Leung Ka-faiFrédérique MeiningerArnaud GiovaninettiMelvil PoupaudLisa FaulknerJeanne MoreauXiem MangPhilippe Le DemAnn Schaufuss

Production

Timothy Burrill ProductionsRenn ProductionsGrai Phang Film StudioFilms A2

Genres

DramaRomance

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