The Lover

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

Original title: L'Amant

Duration: 115 min

Release date: 1992-01-22

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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.

Drama Romance

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as The Young Girl

Tony Leung Ka-fai

Tony Leung Ka-fai

as The Chinaman

Frédérique Meininger

Frédérique Meininger

Arnaud Giovaninetti

Arnaud Giovaninetti

as The Elder Brother

as The Younger Brother

as Helene Lagonelle

as The Chinaman's Father

Philippe Le Dem

Philippe Le Dem

as The French Teacher

as Anne-Marie Stretter

as The Principal

Espérance Pham Thai Lan

Espérance Pham Thai Lan

Hélène Patarot

as The Assistant Mistress

Yvonne Wingerter

Yvonne Wingerter

as The Writer (beginning)

Raymonde Heudeline

Raymonde Heudeline

as The Writer (end)

as The Young Boy

Frédéric Auburtin

Frédéric Auburtin

as Liner Pianist

Alido H. Gaudencio

Alido H. Gaudencio

as Anne-Marie Stretters Driver

as Ferry Captain

Thi Cam Thuy Nguyen

Thi Cam Thuy Nguyen

as Bus Controller

as Young Girls Coolie

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Jean-Jacques Annaud

Jean-Jacques Annaud

Jean-Jacques Annaud

Jean-Jacques Annaud

Marguerite Duras

Marguerite Duras

Original Music Composer

Director of Photography

Noëlle Boisson

Production Design

Yvonne Sassinot de Nesle

Yvonne Sassinot de Nesle

Timothy Burrill

Timothy Burrill

Jennifer Patrick

Jennifer Patrick

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