The Lover 情人 (L'Amant) (1992) (DVD) (Collector Edition) (English Subtitled) (US Version)

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Region 2 DVD

MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)
Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.9 x 5.5 x 0.66 inches; 4.8 Ounces
Director ‏ : ‎ Jean-Jacques Annaud
Media Format ‏ : ‎ DVD, Subtitled
Run time ‏ : ‎ 115 minutes
Release date ‏ : ‎ January 25, 2022
Actors ‏ : ‎ Jane March
Studio ‏ : ‎ MPI Home Video / Capelight Pictures
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09GJG44D5
Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

Synopsis:

Colonial French Indochina, late 1920s: a fifteen-year-old French girl (Jane March) returns to Saigon, where she attends a girls’ boarding school. On her way there, she meets a handsome, wealthy and much older Chinese man (Tony Leung Ka Fai) from a respectable family. Going against the conventions of their respective societies, the lustful pair begin a passionate affair. Their strong attraction toward one another is only intensified by the illicit nature of their rendezvous.

The sensual film adaptation of the bestselling autobiographical novel of the same name by Marguerite Duras.
A beautifully told story about a passionate, forbidden love and the world of desire.
A soulful and erotic romantic drama by French master director Jean-Jacques Annaud ("The Name of the Rose," "Seven Years in Tibet").
Starring Jane March ("Color of Night"), who makes her acting debut here, in the role of The Young French Woman.
Subtitles in Spanish, French, German and English.
Special Features (subtitled in English for the first time): Making-of; Interview with novelist Marguerite Duras and Jean-Jacques Annaud; Unreleased scenes; Picture galleries: "Set shots", "The locations", "Marguerite Duras and Jane March"; Original theatrical trailer; Instrumental trailer

The Lover (French: L'Amant) is a 1992 romantic drama film produced by Claude Berri and directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud. Based on the semi-autobiographical 1984 novel of the same name by Marguerite Duras, the film details the illicit affair between a teenage French girl and a wealthy Chinese man in 1929 French Indochina. In the screenplay written by Annaud and Gérard Brach, the 15½ year-old protagonist is portrayed by actress Jane March, who turned eighteen shortly after filming began. Her lover is portrayed by actor Tony Leung Ka-fai.[4][3] The film also features Jeanne Moreau as narrator.