The Lover
“She gave her innocence, her passion, her body. The one thing she couldn't give was her love.”
7.0/ 10 748 votes 1992-01-22 1h 55m 6 popularity
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.
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Revenue
$5M
Jane March
The Young Girl
Tony Leung Ka-fai
The Chinaman
Frédérique Meininger
The Mother
Arnaud Giovaninetti
The Elder Brother
Melvil Poupaud
The Younger Brother
Lisa Faulkner
Helene Lagonelle
