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The Lover

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The Lover

Overview:

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.

Votes 98 (6.6/10)

Runtime: 115 minutes

Release Date 1992-02-22

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

Production company:

  • Renn Productions
  • films A2
  • Timothy Burrill Productions
  • Grai Phang Film Studio

Production country:

  • France
  • United Kingdom
  • Vietnam

Genres:

  • Drama
  • Romance

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Further Information

The Young Girl
Jane March
Jane March
The Chinaman
Tony Leung Ka-Fai
Tony Leung Ka-Fai
The Mother
Frédérique Meininger
Frédérique Meininger
The Elder Brother
Arnaud Giovaninetti
Arnaud Giovaninetti
The Younger Brother
Melvil Poupaud
Melvil Poupaud
Screenplay
Gérard Brach
Gérard Brach
Director
Jean-Jacques Annaud
Jean-Jacques Annaud
Screenplay
Jean-Jacques Annaud
Jean-Jacques Annaud
Producer
Claude Berri
Claude Berri
Novel
Marguerite Duras
Marguerite Duras
Original Music Composer
Gabriel Yared
Gabriel Yared
Director of Photography
Robert Fraisse
Robert Fraisse
Editor
Noëlle Boisson
Noëlle Boisson
Production Design
Hoang Thanh At
Hoang Thanh At
Costume Design
Yvonne Sassinot de Nesle
Yvonne Sassinot de Nesle
Art Direction
Olivier Radot
Olivier Radot
Co-Producer
Timothy Burrill
Timothy Burrill
Co-Producer
Jacques Tronel
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