The Lover

The Lover (1992)

She gave her innocence, her passion, her body. The one thing she couldn't give was her love.

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Summary

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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    Writing Jean-Jacques Annaud Screenplay
    Directing Jean-Jacques Annaud Director
    Writing Gérard Brach Screenplay
    Camera Robert Fraisse Director of Photography
    Production Timothy Burrill Co-Producer
    Sound Gabriel Yared Original Music Composer
    Editing Noëlle Boisson Editor
    Art Hoang Thanh At Production Design
    Production Claude Berri Producer
    Writing Marguerite Duras Novel
    Costume & Make-Up Yvonne Sassinot de Nesle Costume Design
    Art Olivier Radot Art Direction
    Art Mat Troi Day Property Buyer
    Production Jacques Tronel Co-Producer
    Sound Jennifer Patrick Vocal Coach