The Lover
1992/01/22 (US) | Drama, Romance
She gave her innocence, her passion, her body. The one thing she couldn't give was her love.
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.
Gérard Brach
Screenplay
Jean-Jacques Annaud
Director
Jean-Jacques Annaud
Screenplay
Lead Cast
Jane March
The Young Girl
Tony Leung Ka-fai
The Chinaman
Frédérique Meininger
The Mother
Arnaud Giovaninetti
The Elder Brother
Melvil Poupaud
The Younger Brother
Lisa Faulkner
Helene Lagonelle
Jeanne Moreau
Narrator
Budget
$ 0
Revenue
$ 5,013,090
Status
Released
Production Company
- Timothy Burrill Productions
- Renn Productions
- Grai Phang Film Studio
- Films A2
Crews
Claude Berri
Producer
Robert Fraisse
Director of Photography
Marguerite Duras
Novel
Gabriel Yared
Original Music Composer
Noëlle Boisson
Editor