The Lover (1992)

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

• Drama
• Romance

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.

Rating

7 / 10 (791 votes)

Release date

January 22, 1992

Runtime

1h 55m

Language

French

Director

Jean-Jacques Annaud

Status

Released