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The Lover

L'Amant

19921h 55m7.0/ 10 · TMDB · 788 votes
DramaRomance

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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Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud

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Ansh Kapoor

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The people behind the story

Jane March
Jane March

The Young Girl

Tony Leung Ka-fai
Tony Leung Ka-fai

The Chinaman

Frédérique Meininger
Frédérique Meininger

The Mother

Arnaud Giovaninetti
Arnaud Giovaninetti

The Elder Brother

Melvil Poupaud
Melvil Poupaud

The Younger Brother

Lisa Faulkner

Helene Lagonelle

Jeanne Moreau
Jeanne Moreau

Narrator (voice)

Xiem Mang

The Chinaman's Father

Philippe Le Dem
Philippe Le Dem

The French Teacher

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Film details

Released22 Jan 1992
Original languageFrench
CountriesFrance, United Kingdom, Vietnam
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