Movie
The Lover (1992)
She gave her innocence, her passion, her body. The one thing she couldn't give was her love.
Drama · Romance
Story
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 Starring: Jane March, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Frédérique Meininger, Arnaud Giovaninetti
The Lover Cast
- 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 (voice)
- 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