The Lover(1992)
She gave her innocence, her passion, her body. The one thing she couldn't give was her love.
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 Young Girl
The Chinaman
The Mother
The Elder Brother
The Younger Brother
Helene Lagonelle
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The French Teacher
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