Vietnam Synopsis
L'Amant
“She gave her innocence, her passion, her body. The one thing she couldn't give was her love.”
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.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Lover. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Lover, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- lover · 5
- virgin · 4
- indochina · 4
- loss of virginity · 4
- lust · 4
- desire · 4
- ho chi minh · 4
- saigon · 3
- lolita · 2
- chinese man · 2
- sexual attraction · 1
- french girl · 1
- sexual awakening · 1
- southeast asia · 1
- illicit affair · 1
- sex with a minor · 1
- erotic romance · 1
- arranged marriage · 27
- 1920s · 18
- vietnam · 11
- older man younger woman relationship · 11
- age difference · 8
- based on novel or book · 288
- love · 123
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #5 of 24 Vietnam films indexed here (79th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.6 points above the Vietnam average of 6.4/10.
Among Vietnam Drama productions specifically: #4 of 19 (top 21%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Vietnam |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | France, United Kingdom, Vietnam |
| Original Language | Fr |
| Spoken Languages | Mandarin, English |
| Production Companies | Timothy Burrill Productions, Renn Productions, Grai Phang Film Studio, Films A2 |
| Runtime | 1h 55m |
| Release Date | January 22, 1992 |
| IMDb | tt0101316 |