The Lover

Synopsis

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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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

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Lisa Faulkner

Helene Lagonelle

Jeanne Moreau

Narrator (voice)

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Xiem Mang

The Chinaman's Father

Philippe Le Dem

The French Teacher

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Ann Schaufuss

Anne-Marie Stretter

Tania Torrens

The Principal

Espérance Pham Thai Lan

Femme

Hélène Patarot

The Assistant Mistress

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Yvonne Wingerter

The Writer (beginning)

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Raymonde Heudeline

The Writer (end)

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Quach Van An

The Driver

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Do Minh Vien

The Young Boy

Frédéric Auburtin

Liner Pianist

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Alido H. Gaudencio

Anne-Marie Stretters Driver

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Vu Dinh Thi

Ferry Captain

Crew

Art

• Mat Troi Day Property Buyer
• Hoang Thanh At Production Design
• Olivier Radot Art Direction

Camera

• Robert Fraisse Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

• Yvonne Sassinot de Nesle Costume Design

Directing

• Jean-Jacques Annaud Director

Editing

• Noëlle Boisson Editor

Production

• Claude Berri Producer
• Timothy Burrill Co-Producer
• Jacques Tronel Co-Producer

Sound

• Gabriel Yared Original Music Composer
• Jennifer Patrick Vocal Coach

Writing

• Gérard Brach Screenplay
• Jean-Jacques Annaud Screenplay
• Marguerite Duras Novel

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