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The Lover

L'Amant

1992·115'

Jean-Jacques Annaud

DramaRomance

★ 7.0

Letterboxd TMDB #10995

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.

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Cast

Jane March Jane March The Young Girl
Tony Leung Ka-fai Tony Leung Ka-fai The Chinaman
Frédérique Meininger Frédérique Meininger The Mother
Arnaud Giovaninetti Arnaud Giovaninetti The Elder Brother
Melvil Poupaud Melvil Poupaud The Younger Brother
Lisa Faulkner Helene Lagonelle
Jeanne Moreau Jeanne Moreau Narrator (voice)
Xiem Mang The Chinaman's Father
Philippe Le Dem Philippe Le Dem The French Teacher
Ann Schaufuss Anne-Marie Stretter
Tania Torrens Tania Torrens The Principal
Espérance Pham Thai Lan Espérance Pham Thai Lan Femme

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