The Lover
Released
January 22, 1992
Runtime: 1h 55m
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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Cast & Crew
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
Hélène Patarot
The Assistant Mistress
- YW
Yvonne Wingerter
The Writer (beginning)
- RH
Raymonde Heudeline
The Writer (end)
- QA
Quach Van An
The Driver
- DV
Do Minh Vien
The Young Boy
Frédéric Auburtin
Liner Pianist
Jean-Jacques Annaud
Director
Gérard Brach
Screenplay
Jean-Jacques Annaud
Screenplay
Media
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