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Based on Marguerite Duras' novel, the film depicts a forbidden affair between a young French girl and a wealthy Chinese man in 1929. The film features explicit sexual scenes, a haunting score, and a voice-over narration by the author.
- Jean-Jacques Annaud
- 57 sec
The Lover ( French: L'Amant) is a 1992 erotic romantic drama film produced by Claude Berri and directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud. Based on the semi-autobiographical 1984 novel of the same name by Marguerite Duras, the film details the illicit affair between a teenage French girl and a wealthy Chinese man in 1929 French Indochina.
Aug 3, 2012 · Film: L'amant, 1992 Music: Audiomachine - Forbidden City. ...more. «She gave her innocence, her passion, her body. The one thing she couldn't give was her love.».
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Oct 30, 1992 · A French girl and a Chinese man have a secret affair in colonial Indochina in this adaptation of Marguerite Duras' novel. Roger Ebert praises the film's sensuality but criticizes its lack of imagination and depth.
Jan 28, 2019 · The Lover (1992) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p] Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud. With Jane March, Tony Ka Fai Leung and Frédérique Meininger.
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1 day ago · 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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The Lover. Jean-Jacques Annaud's powerful, intimate, and sensual adaptation of the best-selling novel by Marguerite Duras. Indochina, in the late 1920s. On a ferry across the Mekong, a French teenage girl meets the Chinese Man.
