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Released · 1992
The Lover
She gave her innocence, her passion, her body. The one thing she couldn't give was her love.
7.0(786) 1h 55m 1992-01-22
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.
Director · Jean-Jacques Annaud
Writing · Gérard Brach, Jean-Jacques Annaud
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
L
Lisa Faulkner
Helene Lagonelle
Jeanne Moreau
Narrator (voice)
X
Xiem Mang
The Chinaman's Father
Philippe Le Dem
The French Teacher
A
Ann Schaufuss
Anne-Marie Stretter
Tania Torrens
The Principal
Espérance Pham Thai Lan
Femme
