The Lover
1992·Movie
·1h 55min·
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She gave her innocence, her passion, her body. The one thing she couldn't give was her love.
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.
Erotic Period DramaForbidden RomanceComing-of-Age TaleColonial SettingIntense PassionPsychological ComplexityVisually LushMelancholic ToneNon-Linear NarrativePower Dynamics
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Directed by:
Jean-Jacques Annaud
Written by:
Gérard Brach, Jean-Jacques Annaud, Marguerite Duras
Produced by:
Claude Berri, Timothy Burrill, Jacques Tronel
Composed by:
Gabriel Yared, Jennifer Patrick
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