The Lover

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

7.0

1992

1h 55m

DramaRomance

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.

Key Crew

Director

Jean-Jacques Annaud

Producers

Claude Berri

Writers

Gérard Brach

Jean-Jacques Annaud

Cinematography

Robert Fraisse

Music

Gabriel Yared

Cast (24)

Jane March

The Young Girl

Tony Leung Ka-fai

The Chinaman

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