The Lover

Plot Summary

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.

Top 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