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Lover, The
UK / France 1992, 115 minutes
Dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud
Rating: [R16]
Genres: Drama / Controversy, Romance
Topics: Period 1920s.
Feat. Jane March, Tony Leung (Kar-fai)
Aroview: Exotic adaptation of Marguerite Duras' autobiographical novel charting an illicit affair between a 15-year-old French school-girl and a Chinese aristocrat in '20s Indo-China. Their lusty romps leaves little to the imagination, too bad the script didn't receive the same attention. In English.
Member Reviews
Average rating 
(Very Good). Showing 1-2 of 2 member reviews.
4 stars (Very Good) Sensuous film based Duras' youth in Vietnam. The truth of the affair was humdrum. Perhaps this doesn't matter if movies are about fantasies? Films like India Song that Duras directed herself are better, but this beautiful production is pretty slick. ~Sandy
3 stars (Good Enough) The films location shooting is 5 star. The indoor screenplay is pretty ordinary however, and it is a pity that everything wasn't shot outdoors, even if this meant launching a mattress on the Mekong. ~Tubbs
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