Description
Based on the best-selling autobiographical novel by Marguerite Duras (Hiroshima Mon Amour), this epic tale of forbidden love in the far east was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography and was directed by the Academy Award-winning
Jean-Jacques Annaud (The Bear, In the Name of the Rose, Quest for Fire). Set in French colonial Vietnam, The Lover reveals the intimacies and intricacies of a clandestine romance between a teenage girl (
Jane March) from a struggling French family and an older, wealthy Chinese man (Tony Leung Ka-Fai). Narrated by Jeanne Moreau (Jules and Jim, La Notte), portraying a writer looking back on her youth.
Details
Released: Fri 27 Mar 2009
Catalogue Number: DAVID1591
Region: 4 - Suitable for Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, South America, Central America, Pacific Islands and Caribbean
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Availability
Estimated despatch 14-20 days after ordering.
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