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The Lover

Original title: L'Amant

“She gave her innocence, her passion, her body. The one thing she couldn't give was her love.”

★ 7.0 TMDB Rating · 787 votes

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
Release date
Jan 22, 1992
Original language
French
Origin
France

Cast of The Lover

  • Portrait of Jane March

    Jane March

    The Young Girl

  • Portrait of Tony Leung Ka-fai

    Tony Leung Ka-fai

    The Chinaman

  • Portrait of Frédérique Meininger

    Frédérique Meininger

    The Mother

  • Portrait of Arnaud Giovaninetti

    Arnaud Giovaninetti

    The Elder Brother

  • Portrait of Melvil Poupaud

    Melvil Poupaud

    The Younger Brother

  • Lisa Faulkner

    Helene Lagonelle

  • Portrait of Jeanne Moreau

    Jeanne Moreau

    Narrator (voice)

  • Xiem Mang

    The Chinaman's Father

  • Portrait of Philippe Le Dem

    Philippe Le Dem

    The French Teacher

  • Ann Schaufuss

    Anne-Marie Stretter

  • Portrait of Tania Torrens

    Tania Torrens

    The Principal

  • Portrait of Espérance Pham Thai Lan

    Espérance Pham Thai Lan

    Femme

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United Kingdom
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India
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Canada
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Australia
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