The Lover
Film1992115 min7.0/10 on TMDB
Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud
She gave her innocence, her passion, her body. The one thing she couldn't give was her love.
The story
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.
Watch trailerCast & crew
Jane MarchThe Young Girl
Tony Leung Ka-faiThe Chinaman
Frédérique MeiningerThe Mother
Arnaud GiovaninettiThe Elder Brother
Melvil PoupaudThe Younger BrotherLisa Faulkner
Lisa FaulknerHelene Lagonelle
Jeanne MoreauNarrator (voice)Xiem Mang
Xiem MangThe Chinaman's Father
Philippe Le DemThe French TeacherAnn Schaufuss
Ann SchaufussAnne-Marie Stretter
Tania TorrensThe Principal
Espérance Pham Thai LanExplore the crew
- Producer
- Claude Berri
- Screenplay
- Gérard Brach
- Director
- Jean-Jacques Annaud
- Screenplay
- Jean-Jacques Annaud
- Director of Photography
- Robert Fraisse
- Original Music Composer
- Gabriel Yared
- Editor
- Noëlle Boisson