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TMDb Rating
7.0/10

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The Lover (1992)

DramaRomance
115 min

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

Plot Summary

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.

Director

Jean-Jacques Annaud

Top Cast

Jane MarchTony Leung Ka-faiFrédérique MeiningerArnaud GiovaninettiMelvil Poupaud

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