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The Lover

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

7.019921h 55mR
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.

Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud

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Cast

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

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