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7.0A 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.
Released: 1992-01-22115 minDir: Jean-Jacques AnnaudDrama, RomanceBox office: $5.0M
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Cast
- Jane March as The Young Girl
- Tony Leung Ka-fai as The Chinaman
- Frédérique Meininger as The Mother
- Arnaud Giovaninetti as The Elder Brother
- Melvil Poupaud as The Younger Brother
- Lisa Faulkner as Helene Lagonelle
Themes
- lolita
- virgin
- vietnam
- based on novel or book
- age difference
- arranged marriage
- lover
- affectation
- saigon
- indochina
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Ratings
IMDb
6.8/10
24,289 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
28%
Metacritic
59/100
- Year
- 1992
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Genres
- Biography, Drama, Romance
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 3 wins & 7 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 115
- FilmAffinity ID
- 919585
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- publication date
- 1992-10-30
- title
- The Lover
- capital cost
- 30000000
- review score
- 28%
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Ho Chi Minh City
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ferry
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virginity
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Categories
1990s erotic drama films1990s Vietnamese-language films1992 British films1992 Cantonese-language films1992 English-language films1992 films1992 French films1992 multilingual films1992 romantic drama filmsAlbum articles lacking alt text for coversBritish erotic drama filmsBritish romantic drama filmsEnglish-language erotic drama filmsEnglish-language French filmsEnglish-language historical drama filmsEnglish-language romantic drama filmsEnglish-language Vietnamese filmsErotic romance filmsFilms about interracial romanceFilms about sexualityFilms about virginityFilms based on French novelsFilms based on works by Marguerite DurasFilms directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud