The Lover (1992)
Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud · 115 min · Drama, Romance
21.6 TOPICAL score · #4,359 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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.
The Lover (1992, directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud) has a TOPICAL score of 21.6 - ranked 4,359 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on audience and awards, and lowest on critics. It won 0 awards from 1 nomination. Critics: 28% on Rotten Tomatoes · 4.7/10 critics' average. Audiences: TMDB 7/10 (789 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 32 languages.
Why this score
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- Critics28% on Rotten Tomatoes · 4.7/10 critics' average
- AudienceTMDB 7/10 (789 ratings)
- Awards0 wins, 1 nomination
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 32 languages
- Still read25,384 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Jane March, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Frédérique Meininger, Arnaud Giovaninetti
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