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The Lover
L'Amant
1992 115 min France, United Kingdom, Vietnam R 18+
★6.7
Drama, Romance
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
📖 Based on the novel
«The Lover»
byMarguerite Duras
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Description
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.
US Gross:
$4.9M
Worldwide:
$5.01M
Starring
Jane March
Actor
Tony Ka Fai Leung
Actor
Jeanne Moreau
Actor
Awards
César Awards 1993
— Best Original Score
César Awards 1993
— Best Production Design
Academy Awards 1993
— Best Cinematography
César Awards 1993
— Best Cinematography
César Awards 1993
— Best Film Editing
César Awards 1993
— Best International Feature Film
César Awards 1993
— Best Costume Design