The Lover
1992
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1h 55m
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★ 7/10
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Drama
Romance
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.
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
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Lisa Faulkner
Helene Lagonelle
Jeanne Moreau
Narrator (voice)
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Xiem Mang
The Chinaman's Father
Philippe Le Dem
The French Teacher
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Ann Schaufuss
Anne-Marie Stretter
Tania Torrens
The Principal
Espérance Pham Thai Lan
Femme
