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70% Critic Match
The Lover
“She gave her innocence, her passion, her body. The one thing she couldn't give was her love.”
7.0 / 10• 1992• 1h 55m•R• French
DramaRomance
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Jane March
The Young Girl
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Jean-Jacques Annaud's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Lover is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
