Movie, 1992
The Lover
IMDb 7.0, 115 min, Drama, Romance, France
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
20 credited
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
LF
Lisa Faulkner
Helene Lagonelle
Jeanne Moreau
Narrator (voice)
XM
Xiem Mang
The Chinaman's Father
Philippe Le Dem
The French Teacher
AS
Ann Schaufuss
Anne-Marie Stretter
Tania Torrens
The Principal
Espérance Pham Thai Lan
Femme
Trailers & teasers
2 clips
Details
DirectorJean-Jacques Annaud
WritersGérard Brach, Jean-Jacques Annaud, Marguerite Duras
Runtime115 min
ReleasedWed, Jan 22, 1992
CountryFrance
IMDBtt0101316
