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The Lover is a 1992 drama film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Gérard Brach. Based on the work of Marguerite Duras, the movie features a cast including Jane March, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Melvil Poupaud, and Jeanne Moreau, who also serves as the narrator. Produced by Claude Berri, the film was shot in Vietnam and presented in English.
The production involved companies such as Timothy Burrill Productions and Films A2, with a capital cost of 30,000,000. It has a runtime of 115 minutes and was distributed by Netflix and OVID in video on demand format. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Cinematography.
Critical reception included a Metascore of 59 and a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 28%. Audience metrics show an IMDb rating of 6.8 from 24,289 votes and a TMDb vote average of 6.992. The film generated revenue of 5,013,090 and holds an R rating.
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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.
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
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- melodrama
- Country of origin
- Vietnam
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- The Lover
- Main subject
- virginity
- Director
- Jean-Jacques Annaud
- Screenwriter
- Gérard Brach
- Cast member
- Frédéric Auburtin
- Composer
- Gabriel Yared
- Producer
- Claude Berri
- Cinematographer
- Robert Fraisse
- Narrative location
- Vietnam
- Duration
- 115
- FilmAffinity ID
- 919585
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1992-10-30
- film editor
- Noëlle Boisson
- distributed by
- Netflix
- title
- The Lover
- narrator
- Jeanne Moreau
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Cinematography
- after a work by
- Marguerite Duras
- capital cost
- 30000000
- review score
- 28%
- assessment
- Bechdel test
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