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The Lover

7.0 115 mins Drama   Romance   1992
Timothy Burrill Productions   Renn Productions   Grai Phang Film Studio   Films A2  
Director(s): Jean-Jacques Annaud

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.

Casts of The Lover

Jane March

as The Young Girl

Tony Leung Ka-Fai

as The Chinaman

Arnaud Giovaninetti

as The Elder Brother

Melvil Poupaud

as The Younger Brother

Lisa Faulkner

as Helene Lagonelle

Jeanne Moreau

as Narrator

Xiem Mang

as The Chinaman's Father

Philippe Le Dem

as The French Teacher

Ann Schaufuss

as Anne-Marie Stretter

Tania Torrens

as The Principal

Hélène Patarot

as The Assistant Mistress

Yvonne Wingerter

as The Writer (beginning)

Raymonde Heudeline

as The Writer (end)

Quach Van An

as The Driver

Do Minh Vien

as The Young Boy

Frédéric Auburtin

as Liner Pianist

Alido H. Gaudencio

as Anne-Marie Stretters Driver

Vu Dinh Thi

as Ferry Captain

Truong Thu

as Bus Driver

Lu Van Trang

as Bus Controller

Vu Kim Trong

as Young Girls Coolie

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