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.
Release Date: 1992-01-22
Drama
Romance
★★★★★★★★★★ (689 votes)
Casts
Jane March
as The Young Girl
Tony Leung Ka-Fai
as The Chinaman
Frédérique Meininger
as The Mother
Arnaud Giovaninetti
as The Elder Brother
Melvil Poupaud
as The Younger Brother
Lisa Faulkner
as Helene Lagonelle
Jeanne Moreau
as Narrator
Philippe Le Dem
as The French Teacher
Tania Torrens
as The Principal
Espérance Pham Thai Lan
as Femme
