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The Lover (1992)
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The Lover is director
Jean-Jacques Annaud
's adaptation of
Marguerite Duras
' minimalist 1984 novel. Set in French Indochina in 1929, the film explores the erotic charge of forbidden love.
Jane March
plays a French teenager sent to a Saigon boarding school, while Tony Leung is a 32-year Chinese aristocrat. They look at each and they both see a blinding white flash; it's kismet. He offers her a ride in his limousine and soon they meet in his "bachelor room" where they revel in a wide variety of creative sexual encounters. However, they both realize their love is doomed. She comes from a troubled family that includes a mentally-disturbed mother (Frederique Meininger) and drug-addicted brother (Arnaud Giovaninetti). It also appears that her family would not approve of an interracial tryst. But then neither would his family, since in order to inherit his father's wealth, he must not break from a traditional Chinese arranged marriage. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
Cast
Lisa Faulkner
Helene Lagonelle
Tony Leung Kar-Fai
Chinese Man
Jane March
The Young Girl
Frederique Meininger
Mother
Melvil Poupaud
Younger Brother
Arnaud Giovaninetti
Elder Brother
Production Crew
Olivier Radot
Art Director
Marguerite Duras
Book Author
Robert Fraisse
Cinematographer
Timothy Burrill
Co-producer
Gabriel Yared
Composer (Music Score)
Yvonne Sassinot de Nesle
Costume Designer
Jean-Jacques Annaud
Director
Noëlle Boisson
Editor
Claude Berri
Producer
Paul Rassam
Producer
Thanh At Hoang
Production Designer
Gérard Brach
Screenwriter
Jean-Jacques Annaud
Screenwriter
Sophie Martel
Set Designer
Year: 1992
Runtime: 116
Country: France
MPAA Rating: R
for appeal for graphic and explicit sexuality
Category: Feature
Genre
Drama
Romance
Produced by
AMLF
Burrill Productions
Films Antenne 2
MGM
Renn Productions
Release
October 30, 1992 (USA)
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