The Lover
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The Lover

19921h 55mDramaRomance
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Story Line

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.

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

Top Cast

Jane March

Jane March

The Young Girl

Tony Leung Ka-fai

Tony Leung Ka-fai

The Chinaman

Frédérique Meininger

Frédérique Meininger

The Mother

Arnaud Giovaninetti

Arnaud Giovaninetti

The Elder Brother

Melvil Poupaud

Melvil Poupaud

The Younger Brother

Lisa Faulkner

Helene Lagonelle

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Rating

7.0/ 10

Release Date

1992-01-22

Runtime

1h 55m

Genres

DramaRomance

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User Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

6/10
1/5/2024
A wealthy man (Tony Leung) is travelling on a ferry when he encounters a pretty young woman (Jane March). It doesn't take long before they are having a fairly torrid affair, but things are difficult. He is older and a Chinese citizen, she a French gi...