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| Directed by | Jean-Jacques Annaud |
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| Based on | The Lover by Marguerite Duras |
| Produced by | Claude Berri |
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| Cinematography | Robert Fraisse |
| Edited by | Noëlle Boisson |
| Music by | Gabriel Yared |
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Running time | 115 minutes[1] |
| Countries | France United Kingdom Vietnam |
| Languages | English Cantonese Vietnamese |
| Budget | US$30 million |
| Box office | US$31.8 million (France and United States)[2][3] |
The Lover (French: L'Amant) is a 1992 erotic 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. The protagonist is portrayed by Jane March and her lover is portrayed by Tony Leung Ka-fai. The film also features Jeanne Moreau as a narrator.
Development began in 1989, with principal photography commencing in 1991. The film made its theatrical debut on 22 January 1992 in France, on 19 June in the United Kingdom, and in the United States on 30 October of the same year. The film was nominated for the 1992 Academy Award for Best Cinematography and won the Motion Picture Sound Editors' 1993 Golden Reel Award for "Best Sound Editing — Foreign Feature". It was nominated for seven César Awards in France, winning the Award for Best Original Music. The film was a box office success in France and received generally positive reviews in Europe, while reviews from American critics were more mixed.
- ^ "The Lover". British Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on 18 December 2015.
- ^ "L\'Amant (The Lover) (1992)- JPBox-Office". Archived from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
- ^ The Lover at Box Office Mojo