The Lover

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 Brother
• LFLisa FaulknerHelene Lagonelle
• Jeanne MoreauNarrator (voice)
• XMXiem MangThe Chinaman's Father
• Philippe Le DemThe French Teacher
• ASAnn SchaufussAnne-Marie Stretter
• Tania TorrensThe Principal
• Espérance Pham Thai LanFemme

Crew

• Jean-Jacques AnnaudDirector, Writer
• Gérard BrachWriter