The Lover
1992 · ★ 7 · Dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud
She gave her innocence, her passion, her body. The one thing she couldn't give was her love.
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.
- Released
- 1992-01-22
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Rated
- R
- Language
- FR
- Box office
- $5M
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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
Tania Torrens
The Principal
Espérance Pham Thai Lan
Femme
Keywords
Based on novel or bookLove1920sForbidden loveDesireCult filmSexual attractionVirginVietnamAge differenceArranged marriageStatutory rapeLustLoverOlder man younger woman relationshipLolitaLoss of virginitySexual awakeningIndochinaSex with a minorHo chi minh
