
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
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Casts

Jane March
as The Young Girl

Tony Leung
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