The Lover

1992 · Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud

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.

drama romance

Cast: Tony Leung Ka-fai, Lisa Faulkner, Jane March, Melvil Poupaud, Jeanne Moreau, Frédérique Meininger, Arnaud Giovaninetti, Xiem Mang, Philippe Le Dem, Hélène Patarot

Rating: 6.948/10 from 524 votes