The Lover
“She gave her innocence, her passion, her body. The one thing she couldn't give was her love.”
7.0(741 votes)
January 22, 1992
1h 55m
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.
Director
Jean-Jacques AnnaudWriters
Gérard Brach, Jean-Jacques Annaud, Marguerite Duras
Revenue
$5,013,090
