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.

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  Jean-Jacques Annaud

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  Jane March
  The Young Girl
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  Tony Leung Ka-fai
  The Chinaman
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  Frédérique Meininger
  The Mother
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  Arnaud Giovaninetti
  The Elder Brother
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  Melvil Poupaud
  The Younger Brother
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  Lisa Faulkner
  Helene Lagonelle
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  Jeanne Moreau
  Narrator (voice)
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  Xiem Mang
  The Chinaman's Father
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  Philippe Le Dem
  The French Teacher
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  Ann Schaufuss
  Anne-Marie Stretter
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  Tania Torrens
  The Principal
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  Espérance Pham Thai Lan
  Femme
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  Hélène Patarot
  The Assistant Mistress
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  Yvonne Wingerter
  The Writer (beginning)
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  Raymonde Heudeline
  The Writer (end)
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  Quach Van An
  The Driver
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  Do Minh Vien
  The Young Boy
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  Frédéric Auburtin
  Liner Pianist
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  Alido H. Gaudencio
  Anne-Marie Stretters Driver
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  Vu Dinh Thi
  Ferry Captain