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The Lover

Jean-Jacques Annaud Biography | Drama | Romance 1992 France | United Kingdom 1h55m 4K

In 1929 French Indochina, a French teenage girl embarks on a reckless and forbidden romance with a wealthy, older Chinese man, each knowing that knowledge of their affair will bring drastic consequences to each other.

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Cast & Crew

Rights owner | Pathé International

Directors | Jean-Jacques Annaud

Producers | Claude Berri, Timothy Burrill, Jacques Tronel

Writers | Marguerite Duras, Gérard Brach, Jean-Jacques Annaud

Cast | Jeanne Moreau, Jane March, Tony Ka Fai Leung, Frédérique Meininger

DOP | Robert Fraisse

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