The Lover (1992)
She gave her innocence, her passion, her body. The one thing she couldn't give was her love.
Starring Jane March, Tony Leung Ka-Fai, Frédérique Meininger
Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud
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.
Runtime: 115 min.
Rating: 6.6
DVD
Languages: English
Countries: France,United Kingdom,Vietnam
Genres: Drama,Romance
Keywords: based on novel or book,age difference,lolita,virgin,arranged marriage,vietnam,forbidden love,lover,indochina,love,sexual attraction,loss of virginity,statutory rape,older man younger woman relationship,lust,desire,cult film,sexual awakening,1920s
Cast
The Young Girl
The Chinaman
The Mother
The Elder Brother
The Younger Brother
Narrator