The Lover
ItisFrenchColonialVietnamin1929.AyoungFrenchgirlfromafamilythatishavingsomemonetarydifficultiesisreturningtoboardingschool.SheisaloneonpublictransportationwhenshecatchestheeyeofawealthyChinesebusinessman.Heoffersherarideintotowninthebackofhischauffeuredsedan,andsparksfly.Canthetorridaffairthatensuesbetweenthemovercometheclassrestrictionsandsocialmoresofthattime?Basedonthesemi-autobiographicalnovelbyMargueriteDuras.WrittenbyCalLottcal.lott@gsb.uchicago.edu
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Actors: Ann Schaufuss, Arnaud Giovaninetti, Frédérique Meininger, Jane March, Lisa Faulkner, Melvil Poupaud, Philippe Le Dem, Quach Van An, Tania Torrens, Tony Ka Fai Leung, Xiem Mang