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The Lover
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780792851578
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0792851579
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Languages: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 StereoFrench (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 StereoEnglish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
MPN: D1002733D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: December 11, 2001
Running Time: 115 minutes
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: October 30, 1992
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Editorial Review:
Lovely to look at, this story reveals little more than the characters' nude bodies. Like couples whose only attraction is physical, this has little to offer once it leaves the bedroom. We never learn the interests or inner workings of the lovers in question. They become nothing more than attractive bodies, which makes this little more than a shallow exercise in sexuality. The story is based on the controversial, and supposedly autobiographical, bestseller by experimental French novelist Marguerite Duras. It tells the story of a young French schoolgirl who becomes sexually involved with a sophisticated, older Asian man. Set in Indochina in the late 1920s, this is stunningly photographed and artfully directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud. That said, the lack of a more satisfying plot means this is merely tastefully produced soft porn. --Rochelle O'Gorman
From the novel of the same namewhich has sold over one million copies in 43 languagesthis "sophisticated adaptation of Marguerite Duras' best-selling memoirs" (Variety) smolders on the screen. "Masterfully acted and beautifully photographed" (Critics' Choice), The Lover brilliantly captures the essence of sexual awakening and forbidden desire like no other film has donebeforeor since. Jane March is mesmerizing in the role of a poor French teenager who engages in an illicit affair with a wealthy Chinese heir (Tony Leung) 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. But though the lovers are able to transcend their differences in age, race and class'theirs is a future that French colonial Vietnamese society will never allow.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Soft yet erotic, this tale won't disappoint
This movie is great for those slowed down nights when you want to sit back with a lover and enjoy a sensuous movie. It is titilating without getting awkward and pleasant to watch again and again.
Rating: - THE LOVER is Fit, for a Woman Like Me!
I love this Movie, I love the story plot, and most of all, I love Jane March and Tony Leung for doing this. Excellent job! Now, it's obvious to me that anytime the title,"THE LOVER" is heard, I glow from the inside. That happened to me the first time I seen it on ON DEMAND. It was a windy night too. A fit night for a Sensuous, Breathtaking, Pulse pounding,and deeply intimate movie. I knew right then and there that I had to write about it. The remake of "Lolita" is my favorite, now "The Lover" ... Read More
Rating:  - Surprised by the new Video transfer
I bought the old DVD long time ago.
The new mastered DVD. Video quality is incredible.
Although the sound is still 2 channel Dolby.
Great movie. Comparable with Lust/ Caution.
Rating:  - review
This film had great potential but I found it to be weak and not as explicit as I had hoped. Most of the sex scenes were frequent enough but was much too mild for my taste. The actors were good but the lighting often seemed poor. I think there could have been much more established with the other girls at the boarding school.
Rating: - Words cannot describe the sensuality and suffering of these characters
But I can try...I have watched this film many many times and it is ALWAYS in my pile for movie night with the girls. Tony Leung is so beautiful in this film, vulnerable and proud. Jane March is magnificent as her portrayal of a young girl wise way beyond her years was actually played while March was a young girl. The love scenes are sensual beyond description and the end will rip your heart out as both characters suffer so deeply for tradition and principle.
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