Released
The Lover
January 22 1992 (almost 33 years ago)Rating
70
Based on
671 reviews
She gave her innocence, her passion, her body. The one thing she couldn't give was her love.
- Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
- Writers: Gérard Brach, Jean-Jacques Annaud
- Genres: Drama, Romance
- Runtime: 1 h 55 m
- Box office: $5,013,090
- Countries: France, United Kingdom, Vietnam
- Companies: Timothy Burrill Productions, Renn Productions, Grai Phang Film Studio, Films A2
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.
