The Lover

Release date: Jan 22, 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.

DramaRomance

Top Cast

The Young Girl

The Chinaman

The Mother

The Elder Brother

The Younger Brother

Helene Lagonelle

Narrator

The Chinaman's Father

The French Teacher

Anne-Marie Stretter

The Principal

Femme

The Assistant Mistress

The Writer (beginning)

The Writer (end)

The Driver

The Young Boy

Liner Pianist

Anne-Marie Stretters Driver

Ferry Captain

Bus Driver

Bride

Bus Controller

Young Girls Coolie

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