

The Lover

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.
An extraordinary story, but for my part I understand love, the true through their relationship and despite the age difference. The man fully respected the young woman and vice versa. This film is for me exceptional and to see once in his life.....