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The Lover (1992) [R]

Release Date:
January 22, 1992

Original Title:
L'Amant

Alternate Titles:
El Amante
Kochanek
O Amante
The Lover
The Lover L'amant
Älskaren
情人

Genres:
Drama | Romance

Production Companies:
Films A2
Grai Phang Film Studio
Renn Productions
Timothy Burrill Productions

Production Countries:
France | United Kingdom | Vietnam

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 16  DK: 15  FR: 16  GB: 18  KR: 18  NL: 16  PL: 16  PT: M/18  US: R 

Runtime: 115

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

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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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Art Direction:
Olivier Radot

Co-Producer:
Jacques Tronel
Timothy Burrill

Costume Design:
Yvonne Sassinot de Nesle

Director:
Jean-Jacques Annaud

Director of Photography:
Robert Fraisse

Editor:
Noëlle Boisson

Novel:
Marguerite Duras

Original Music Composer:
Gabriel Yared

Producer:
Claude Berri

Production Design:
Hoang Thanh At

Property Buyer:
Mat Troi Day

Screenplay:
Gérard Brach
Jean-Jacques Annaud

Vocal Coach:
Jennifer Patrick

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