

L'Amant
She gave her innocence, her passion, her body. The one thing she couldn't give was her love.
January 22, 1992
1h 55m
FR
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.

Jane March
The Young Girl

Tony Leung Ka-fai
The Chinaman

Frédérique Meininger
The Mother

Arnaud Giovaninetti
The Elder Brother


Gérard Brach, Jean-Jacques Annaud, Marguerite Duras
757

Melvil Poupaud
The Younger Brother

Lisa Faulkner
Helene Lagonelle

Jeanne Moreau
Narrator (voice)

Xiem Mang
The Chinaman's Father

Philippe Le Dem
The French Teacher

Ann Schaufuss
Anne-Marie Stretter
Timothy Burrill Productions
GB
Renn Productions
FR
Grai Phang Film Studio
N/A
Films A2
FR