The Lover
She gave her innocence, her passion, her body. The one thing she couldn't give was her love.
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Release Date
1/22/1992Runtime
115 minsOverview
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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ReleasedOriginal Language
FrenchBudget
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$5,013,090Homepage
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A sensual, morally complex portrait of a young woman discovering agency and desire in a forbidden relationship that ultimately reveals the emptiness of power without connection. The film watches like a fever dream of Saigon, luxurious and claustrophobic at once.
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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
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
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