The Lover (1992)
She gave her innocence, her passion, her body. The one thing she couldn't give was her love.
Synopsis
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.
Cast
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Jane March
as The Young Girl
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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
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Espérance Pham Thai Lan
as Femme
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Hélène Patarot
as The Assistant Mistress
- Yvonne Wingerter as The Writer (beginning)
- Raymonde Heudeline as The Writer (end)
- Quach Van An as The Driver
- Do Minh Vien as The Young Boy
-
Frédéric Auburtin
as Liner Pianist
Crew
-
Jean-Jacques Annaud
Director
-
Robert Fraisse
Director of Photography
-
Noëlle Boisson
Editor
-
Gabriel Yared
Original Music Composer
-
Claude Berri
Producer
-
Gérard Brach
Screenplay
-
Jean-Jacques Annaud
Screenplay
