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.
| Title | The Lover |
|---|---|
| Year | 1992 |
| Genre | Drama, Romance |
| Country | France, United Kingdom, Vietnam |
| Studio | Timothy Burrill Productions, Renn Productions, Grai Phang Film Studio, Films A2 |
| Cast | Jane March, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Frédérique Meininger, Arnaud Giovaninetti, Melvil Poupaud, Lisa Faulkner |
| Crew | Gérard Brach (Screenplay), Jean-Jacques Annaud (Director), Jean-Jacques Annaud (Screenplay), Claude Berri (Producer), Marguerite Duras (Novel), Gabriel Yared (Original Music Composer) |
| Keyword | lolita, virgin, vietnam, based on novel or book, age difference, arranged marriage, lover, saigon, indochina, loss of virginity, love, sexual attraction, older man younger woman relationship, lust, desire, french girl, sexual awakening, southeast asia, chinese man, illicit affair, 1920s, sex with a minor, erotic romance, ho chi minh |
| Release | Jan 22, 1992 |
| Runtime | 115 minutes |
| Quality | HD |
| IMDb | 7.00 / 10 by 636 users |
| Popularity | 41 |
| Budget | 0 |
| Revenue | 5,013,090 |
| Language | 普通话, English |
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