The Lover

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.

Release Date

22 January 1992

115 minutes

Director

Main Cast

The Young Girl
The Chinaman
The Elder Brother
The Younger Brother
Helene Lagonelle
The Chinaman's Father
The French Teacher
Anne-Marie Stretter
The Principal