The Lover (1992)
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.
Rating: 7.0
Genres Drama, Romance
Original language: fr
IMDb tt0101316
Stars
Jane March as The French Girl
Tony Leung Ka-Fai as The Chinese Heir
Jeanne Moreau as Madame
Melvil Poupaud as The Lover's Friend
Creators
Do Minh Vien (Director)
Frédéric Auburtin (Director)
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