The Lover

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The Lover is a 1992 French romantic drama film set in colonial Vietnam, adapted from Marguerite Duras’s semi-autobiographical novel and directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud.

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The Lover canonical 8
The Lover (1992 film) 2
L’Amant 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
romantic drama film
adaptationType semi-autobiographical adaptation
alternateTitle The Lover
surface form: L’Amant
authorOfSourceWork Marguerite Duras
basedOn The Lover self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Lover (novel)
cinematographer Robert Fraisse
countryOfOrigin France
director Jean-Jacques Annaud
distributor MGM
editor Noëlle Boisson
filmingLocation France
Viet Nam
surface form: Vietnam
genre drama film
romantic film
hasTheme class differences
colonialism
forbidden love
sexual awakening
language English
French
mainCharacter wealthy Chinese man
young French girl
mpaaRating NC-17
musicBy Gabriel Yared
narrationBy Jeanne Moreau
narrativeStyle first-person reminiscence
notableFor adaptation of Marguerite Duras’s semi-autobiographical novel
explicit sexual content
originalLanguage French
portrays colonial relationships in French Indochina
interracial romance
producer Claude Berri
productionCompany Daiei Film
Renn Productions
publicationYearOfSourceWork 1984
releaseYear 1992
runtimeMinutes 115
screenwriter Gérard Brach
Jean-Jacques Annaud
settingLocation French Indochina
Viet Nam
surface form: Vietnam
settingTimePeriod 1920s
sourceWorkAuthorNationality French
sourceWorkGenre autobiographical novel
stars Jane March
Tony Leung Chiu-wai
surface form: Tony Leung Ka-fai

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Jean-Jacques Annaud notableWork The Lover
Jean-Jacques Annaud directed The Lover
Noëlle Boisson notableWork The Lover
Noëlle Boisson notableWork The Lover
this entity surface form: The Lover (1992 film)
Robert Fraisse notableWork The Lover
Robert Fraisse notableWork The Lover
this entity surface form: The Lover (1992 film)
Robert Fraisse workedOn The Lover
Gabriel Yared notableWork The Lover
Annaud notableWork The Lover
subject surface form: Jean-Jacques Annaud
The Lover basedOn The Lover self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: The Lover (1992 film)
this entity surface form: The Lover (novel)
The Lover alternateTitle The Lover
subject surface form: The Lover (1992 film)
this entity surface form: L’Amant
Marguerite Duras notableWork The Lover