The Lover
She gave her innocence, her passion, her body. The one thing she couldn't give was her love.
January 22, 1992
115 min
R
FR
✓ Released 12494 days ago
Drama
Romance
7.0
User Score
748 votes
About
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.
Movie Info
Status: Released
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Runtime: 115 min
Revenue: $5,013,090
Top 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
