The Lover

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

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

Cast

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

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Lisa Faulkner

Helene Lagonelle

Jeanne Moreau

Narrator (voice)

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Xiem Mang

The Chinaman's Father