The Lover (1992)
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.
Cast
Jane MarchThe Young Girl
Tony Leung Ka-faiThe Chinaman
Frédérique MeiningerThe Mother
Arnaud GiovaninettiThe Elder Brother
Melvil PoupaudThe Younger BrotherLisa FaulknerHelene Lagonelle
Jeanne MoreauNarrator (voice)Xiem MangThe Chinaman's Father
Philippe Le DemThe French TeacherAnn SchaufussAnne-Marie Stretter
Tania TorrensThe Principal
Espérance Pham Thai LanFemme
Hélène PatarotThe Assistant MistressYvonne WingerterThe Writer (beginning)Raymonde HeudelineThe Writer (end)
