1992 • R • 1h 55m • French
The Lover
L'Amant
DramaRomanceRomanticEmotionalSerious and meaningful
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.
Certified R — adults only.
Ratings & WatchWise score
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WatchWise Score
64/100
★★★☆☆
776 votes across 1 source
Blended from TMDB 70 (100% weight); shrunk toward a 62 baseline by 776 total votes. Not a plain average: sources are weighted by reliability and vote count, and thin evidence is pulled toward the catalogue baseline.
- · Rated by only a few hundred people, so the score is less reliable.
- · An older title — pacing and style may feel dated.
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Commercial verdict
Underperformed
Did not recover its estimated budget.
