The Lover
L'Amant
She gave her innocence, her passion, her body. The one thing she couldn't give was her love.
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.
- Revenue
- $5,013,090
- Production
- Timothy Burrill Productions, Renn Productions, Grai Phang Film Studio, Films A2
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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
Jeanne Moreau
Narrator (voice)
Philippe Le Dem
The French Teacher
Tania Torrens
The Principal
Espérance Pham Thai Lan
Femme
Hélène Patarot
The Assistant Mistress
Frédéric Auburtin
Liner Pianist
Crew
- Director
- Jean-Jacques Annaud
- Writers
- Gérard Brach,Jean-Jacques Annaud
- Producers
- Claude Berri
- Cinematography
- Robert Fraisse
- Composer
- Gabriel Yared
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CinemaSerf
January 5, 2024
A wealthy man (Tony Leung) is travelling on a ferry when he encounters a pretty young woman (Jane March). It doesn't take long before they are having a fairly torrid affair, but things are difficult. He is older and a Chinese citizen, she a French girl in what was then French Indo-China. She is also a bit of a gold-digger and quite aware that if she plays her cards right, he can offer her a new, more prosperous, life than that she shares with her mother (Fréderique Meininger) and two brothers. T…