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The Lover

1992
Directed byJean-Jacques Annaud
1h 55m

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 MarchThe Young GirlTony Leung Ka-faiThe ChinamanFrédérique MeiningerThe Mother
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Arnaud Giovaninetti
The Elder Brother
Melvil PoupaudThe Younger Brother
Lisa FaulknerHelene Lagonelle
Jeanne MoreauNarrator (voice)
Xiem MangThe Chinaman's Father
Philippe Le DemThe French Teacher
Ann SchaufussAnne-Marie Stretter
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GENRES
DramaRomance
STATUSReleased
PRODUCTION
Timothy Burrill ProductionsRenn ProductionsGrai Phang Film StudioFilms A2
RATING
7.0

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