The Lover

1992 · 115 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 24,295 VOTES · DIR. Jean-Jacques Annaud

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Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 884 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:02:11 Very early in my life it was too late.
00:07:27 Never again.
00:11:28 I'm going back to Saigon.
00:16:51 If you want, I can drive you to Saigon.
00:20:42 He stares at the river, you see.
00:27:02 To go with men you don't know.
00:34:03 jasmine, dust, charcoal fire...
00:39:03 Her eyes closed...
00:43:46 I don't know.
00:45:32 He steals from the servants.
00:48:42 you'll remember this afternoon all your life...
00:52:45 Hey.
01:00:07 We are lovers.
01:05:11 Hit her, Mom.
01:08:27 On Saturday night they are busy.
01:11:22 Can't I laugh or what?
01:17:28 It's because of you.
01:24:02 "I'd rather see you dead...
01:26:18 A little.
01:30:10 On the contrary...
01:34:07 You're killing her, Pierre!
01:41:36 That's how I lost the feeling...
01:49:18 One night...
01:51:45 that he would love her until his death.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed884
Dialogue density7.7 lines / min
First line00:02:11
Final line01:51:45

Production Record

DirectorJean-Jacques Annaud
LanguageFrench
Revenue$5,013,090
IMDb votes24,295