Drama ·Romance · France · 1992 · 1h 55m

The Lover

L'Amant

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Director
Jean-Jacques Annaud
Cast
Jane March as The Young Girl Tony Leung Ka-fai as The Chinaman Frédérique Meininger as The Mother Arnaud Giovaninetti as The Elder Brother Melvil Poupaud as The Younger Brother Lisa Faulkner as Helene Lagonelle
Crew
Robert Fraisse — Director of Photography Noëlle Boisson — Editor Gabriel Yared — Original Music Composer Gérard Brach — Screenplay Jean-Jacques Annaud — Screenplay Marguerite Duras — Novel
Tagline

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

Synopsis

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.

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Mood & Themes
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Key Collaborators
Jean-Jacques Annaud Director Robert Fraisse Director of Photography Noëlle Boisson Editor Gabriel Yared Original Music Composer Gérard Brach Screenplay Jean-Jacques Annaud Screenplay Marguerite Duras Novel Claude Berri Producer Hoang Thanh At Production Design Yvonne Sassinot de Nesle Costume Design
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