The Lover

The Lover

7.0(0.7K)
DramaRomance

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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Jane March
Jane March
The Young Girl
Tony Leung Ka-fai
梁家輝
The Chinaman
Frédérique Meininger
Frédérique Meininger
The Mother
Arnaud Giovaninetti
Arnaud Giovaninetti
The Elder Brother
Melvil Poupaud
Melvil Poupaud
The Younger Brother
Lisa Faulkner
Lisa Faulkner
Helene Lagonelle
Jeanne Moreau
Jeanne Moreau
Narrator
Xiem Mang
Xiem Mang
The Chinaman's Father
Philippe Le Dem
Philippe Le Dem
The French Teacher
Ann Schaufuss
Ann Schaufuss
Anne-Marie Stretter
Tania Torrens
Tania Torrens
The Principal
Espérance Pham Thai Lan
Espérance Pham Thai Lan
Femme
Hélène Patarot
Hélène Patarot
The Assistant Mistress
Yvonne Wingerter
Yvonne Wingerter
The Writer (beginning)
Raymonde Heudeline
Raymonde Heudeline
The Writer (end)

DirectorsDo Minh Vien, Frédéric Auburtin

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Release dateJan 22 1992

Runtime1 hour 55 minutes

Official siteVisit here

LanguagesMandarin, English

Production companiesTimothy Burrill Productions, Renn Productions, Grai Phang Film Studio, Films A2

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