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The Lover (1992)

The Lover (1992)

Drama Romance

She gave her innocence, her passion, her body. The one thing she couldn't give was her love.

Release Date: 1992, January 22
Directors: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Countries: France, United Kingdom, Vietnam
Production: Timothy Burrill Productions, Renn Productions, Grai Phang Film Studio, Films A2
Cast: Tony Leung Ka-fai, Jeanne Moreau, Raymonde Heudeline, Jane March, Melvil Poupaud, Frédérique Meininger, Arnaud Giovaninetti, Lisa Faulkner, Xiem Mang, Philippe Le Dem, Ann Schaufuss, Tania Torrens

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

based on novel or book love affectation adoring vietnam age difference 1920s lover desire lust erotic romance older man younger woman relationship sex with a minor arranged marriage loss of virginity sexual attraction sexual awakening virgin southeast asia ho chi minh lolita saigon indochina french girl chinese man illicit affair