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The Lover [L'Amant]

Release Year
1992
Runtime
1h 55m
Genres
Drama
Romance
Directed By
Jean-Jacques Annaud
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 & Crew

Cast

Jane March

The Young Girl

Frédérique Meininger

The Mother

Arnaud Giovaninetti

The Elder Brother

Melvil Poupaud

The Younger Brother

Lisa Faulkner

Helene Lagonelle

Xiem Mang

The Chinaman's Father

Philippe Le Dem

The French Teacher

Ann Schaufuss

Anne-Marie Stretter

Tania Torrens

The Principal

Espérance Pham Thai Lan

Femme

Hélène Patarot

The Assistant Mistress

Yvonne Wingerter

The Writer (beginning)

Crew

Jean-Jacques Annaud

Director

Gérard Brach

Screenplay

Jean-Jacques Annaud

Screenplay

Robert Fraisse

Director of Photography

Gabriel Yared

Original Music Composer

Noëlle Boisson

Editor

Hoang Thanh At

Production Design

Yvonne Sassinot de Nesle

Costume Design

Claude Berri

Producer

Marguerite Duras

Novel

Jennifer Patrick

Vocal Coach

Olivier Radot

Art Direction

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