The Lover

The Lover (1992)

She gave her innocence, her passion, her body. The one thing she couldn't give was her love.

  • Genre: Drama, Romance
  • Release Date: 1992-01-22
  • User Rating: 7/10 from 625 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 55min
  • Language: 普通话
  • Production Company: Timothy Burrill Productions
  • Production Country: France, United Kingdom, Vietnam
  • Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
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From 625 Ratings

Summary

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.

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  • 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

  • Xiem Mang

    as The Chinaman's Father

  • Philippe Le Dem

    as The French Teacher

  • Ann Schaufuss

    as Anne-Marie Stretter

  • Tania Torrens

    as The Principal

  • Espérance Pham Thai Lan

    as Femme

  • Hélène Patarot

    as The Assistant Mistress

  • Yvonne Wingerter

    as The Writer (beginning)

  • Raymonde Heudeline

    as The Writer (end)

  • Quach Van An

    as The Driver

  • Do Minh Vien

    as The Young Boy

  • Frédéric Auburtin

    as Liner Pianist

  • Alido H. Gaudencio

    as Anne-Marie Stretters Driver

  • Vu Dinh Thi

    as Ferry Captain

  • Truong Thu

    as Bus Driver

  • Thi Cam Thuy Nguyen

    as Bride

  • Lu Van Trang

    as Bus Controller

  • Vu Kim Trong

    as Young Girls Coolie
Camera Robert Fraisse Director of Photography
Directing Jean-Jacques Annaud Director
Writing Marguerite Duras Novel
Sound Gabriel Yared Original Music Composer
Production Claude Berri Producer
Writing Jean-Jacques Annaud Screenplay
Editing Noëlle Boisson Editor
Writing Gérard Brach Screenplay
Production Jacques Tronel Co-Producer
Art Hoang Thanh At Production Design
Production Timothy Burrill Co-Producer
Art Olivier Radot Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up Yvonne Sassinot de Nesle Costume Design
Sound Jennifer Patrick Vocal Coach
Art Mat Troi Day Property Buyer

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