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The Lover
1992
· Movie
· 115 min
C
MEANRANK
63/100
Every rating
28–79
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 28, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 79. Critics average 44, everyone else 70.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →In 1920s French Indochina, a teenage French girl from a impoverished family begins a clandestine and financially transactional affair with a wealthy Chinese man more than twice her age. Their intense relationship unfolds against a backdrop of colonial racism and family disapproval, exploring themes of desire, exploitation, and cultural barriers.
Details
- Director
- Jean-Jacques Annaud
- Writers
- Gérard Brach, Jean-Jacques Annaud
- Based on
- The Lover by Marguerite Duras
- Released
- 22 January 1992
- Country
- France, United Kingdom, Vietnam
- Language
- French
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Rated
- R
- Box office
- $5.0M
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