The Lover (1992)

Not under 16

Reason:SexProfanity

Plot

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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Jane MarchThe Young Girl

Tony Leung Ka Fai

Frédérique MeiningerThe Mother

Arnaud GiovaninettiThe Elder Brother

Melvil PoupaudThe Younger Brother

Jeanne MoreauNarrator (voice)

Writers and directors

Jean-Jacques AnnaudDirectorf. 1943

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Gérard BrachWriter

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CinemaSerf ★ 6.0/10

A wealthy man (Tony Leung) is travelling on a ferry when he encounters a pretty young woman (Jane March). It doesn't take long before they are having a fairly torrid affair, but things are difficult. …5. Jan 2024

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