The Lover
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.
Top Billed Cast
Jane March
The Young Girl
Tony Leung
The Chinaman
Frédérique Meininger
The Mother
Arnaud Giovaninetti
The Elder Brother
Melvil Poupaud
The Younger Brother
Featured Crew
Gérard Brach
Screenplay
Jean-Jacques Annaud
Director
Jean-Jacques Annaud
Screenplay
Claude Berri
Producer
Marguerite Duras
Novel
Gabriel Yared
Original Music Composer
Robert Fraisse
Director of Photography
Noëlle Boisson
Editor
Mat Troi Day
Property Buyer
Hoang Thanh At
Production Design
Yvonne Sassinot de Nesle
Costume Design
Olivier Radot
Art Direction
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