The Lover

L'Amant

1992·115'

Jean-Jacques Annaud

DramaRomance

FR - French

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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 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 (voice)

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