The Lover

1992 Jean-Jacques Annaud 1h 55m ★ 7.0
Drama Romance
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.

Cast

Jane March Jane March The Young Girl
Tony Leung Ka-fai Tony Leung Ka-fai The Chinaman
Frédérique Meininger Frédérique Meininger The Mother
Arnaud Giovaninetti Arnaud Giovaninetti The Elder Brother
Melvil Poupaud Melvil Poupaud The Younger Brother
Lisa Faulkner Lisa Faulkner Helene Lagonelle
Jeanne Moreau Jeanne Moreau Narrator (voice)
Xiem Mang The Chinaman's Father

Double Feature Pairings

Films that pair perfectly with The Lover

Lust, Caution
Lust, Caution 2007
Desire as rebellion. Two films about women who use their bodies to claim power in worlds designed to deny them any.