The Lover

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.

Cast & Crew

Director

Jean-Jacques Annaud

Jane March

The Young Girl

Tony Leung Ka-fai

The Chinaman

Frédérique Meininger

The Mother

Arnaud Giovaninetti

The Elder Brother

Melvil Poupaud

The Younger Brother

Lisa Faulkner

Helene Lagonelle