The Lover
7/10
Rating
115 min
Runtime
1992
Release Year
Jean-Jacques Annaud
Director
Cast
Jane March, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Frédérique Meininger, Arnaud Giovaninetti, Melvil Poupaud
Quick Synopsis
In 1920s Saigon, a poor French teenage girl begins a secret romantic relationship with a wealthy Chinese heir. Experiencing control for the first time in her life, she skillfully manages their hidden meetings and passionate encounters, influencing her deeply infatuated lover throughout their affair.
Detailed Synopsis of 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.
