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The Lover

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.

1992 |1h 55m |  Drama, Romance

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Cast

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Jane March

The Young Girl

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Tony Leung Ka-Fai

The Chinaman

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Frédérique Meininger

The Mother

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Arnaud Giovaninetti

The Elder Brother

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Melvil Poupaud

The Younger Brother

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Lisa Faulkner

Helene Lagonelle

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Jeanne Moreau

Narrator

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Philippe Le Dem

The French Teacher

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Tania Torrens

The Principal

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Espérance Pham Thai Lan

Femme

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Hélène Patarot

The Assistant Mistress

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Status

Released

Language

Mandarin, English

Budget

-

Revenue

$5,013,090.00