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The Lover

World Cinema Classics • Biography, Drama, Romance, R

Indochina, in the late 1920s. On a ferry across the Mekong, a French teenage girl meets the Chinese Man. She is fascinated by his riches and elegance, and accepts a lift in his limousine to complete their journey. Together, they enter a whirlwind of reckless, all-consuming passion, born from desire and suffering. A forbidden affair whose fate is already decided.

Cast
Jane March girl
Tony Leung Ka-fai Chinese lover
Frédérique Meininger girl's mother
Arnaud Giovaninetti Pierre, girl's brother
Crew
Jean-Jacques Annaud director

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