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The Lover

1992Age guide: 15+

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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…

★ 7/10 · 795 TMDB audience ratings

Starring

  • Jane MarchThe Young Girl
  • Tony Leung Ka-faiThe Chinaman
  • Frédérique MeiningerThe Mother
  • Arnaud GiovaninettiThe Elder Brother
  • Melvil PoupaudThe Younger Brother
  • Lisa FaulknerHelene Lagonelle
  • Jeanne MoreauNarrator (voice)
  • Xiem MangThe Chinaman's Father

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CinemaSerf: A wealthy man (Tony Leung) is travelling on a ferry when he encounters a pretty young woman (Jane March). It doesn't take long… Read full review

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