The Lover
1992 · 115 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 24,295 VOTES · DIR. Jean-Jacques Annaud
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
Jane March
The Young Girl
Tony Ka Fai Leung
The Chinaman
Jeanne Moreau
Narrator
Frédérique Meininger
The Mother
Arnaud Giovaninetti
The Elder Brother
Melvil Poupaud
The Younger Brother
Lisa Faulkner
Helene Lagonelle
Xiem Mang
The Chinaman's Father
Philippe Le Dem
The French Teacher
Ann Schaufuss
Anne-Marie Stretter
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