THE LOVER

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• Release Year: 1992
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: From the novel of the same namewhich has sold over one million copies in 43 languagesthis 'sophisticated adaptation of Marguerite Duras' best-selling memoirs' (Variety) smolders on the screen. 'Masterfully acted and beautifully photographed' (Critics' Choice), The Lover brilliantly captures the essence of sexual awakening and forbidden desire like no other film has donebeforeor since. Jane March is mesmerizing in the role of a poor French teenager who engages in an illicit affair with a wealthy Chinese heir (Tony Leung) 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. But though the lovers are able to transcend their differences in age, race and class'theirs is a future that French colonial Vietnamese society will never allow.; ;
• Cast: Jane March, Tony Ka Fai Leung, Frédérique Meininger, Arnaud Giovaninetti, Melvil Poupaud, Lisa Faulkner, Xiem Mang, Philippe Le Dem, Ann Schaufuss, Quach Van An, Tania Torrens, Raymonde Heudeline, Yvonne Wingerter, Do Minh Vien, Hélène Patarot, Jeanne Moreau, Frédéric Auburtin, Alido H. Gaudencio, Vu Dinh Thi, Truong Thu, Nguyen Thi Cam Thuy, Lu Van Trang, Vu Kim Trong, Espérance Pham Thai Lan, Jean-Jacques Annaud, Marguerite Duras, Gérard Brach
• Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
• Runtime: 1:55
• Company: MGM Home Entertainment
• Media Format: Movie