The Lover (L'Amant)

She gave her innocence, her passion, her body. The one thing she couldn't give was her love.

Overview

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.

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Cast

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

Jeanne Moreau

Narrator

Xiem Mang

The Chinaman's Father

Philippe Le Dem

The French Teacher

Ann Schaufuss

Anne-Marie Stretter

Tania Torrens

The Principal

Espérance Pham Thai Lan

Femme

Hélène Patarot

The Assistant Mistress

Yvonne Wingerter

The Writer (beginning)

Raymonde Heudeline

The Writer (end)