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1992·Drama·1h 55m

5.6

★

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.

Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud

lolita

virgin

vietnam

based on novel or book

age difference

arranged marriage

lover

affectation

saigon

indochina

loss of virginity

love

sexual attraction

older man younger woman relationship

lust

desire

french girl

sexual awakening

southeast asia

chinese man

illicit affair

1920s

sex with a minor

erotic romance

ho chi minh

adoring

Rank

#70 in 1992·#6982 overall

Trailer

IMDB

N/A

Letterboxd

3.2 / 5

Where to Watch

Cast

Jane March

Jane March

The Young Girl

Tony Leung Ka-fai

Tony Leung Ka-fai

The Chinaman

Frédérique Meininger

Frédérique Meininger

The Mother

Arnaud Giovaninetti

Arnaud Giovaninetti

The Elder Brother

Melvil Poupaud

Melvil Poupaud

The Younger Brother

Jeanne Moreau

Jeanne Moreau

Narrator (voice)

Philippe Le Dem

Philippe Le Dem

The French Teacher

Tania Torrens

Tania Torrens

The Principal

Espérance Pham Thai Lan

Espérance Pham Thai Lan

Femme

Hélène Patarot

Hélène Patarot

The Assistant Mistress

Frédéric Auburtin

Frédéric Auburtin

Liner Pianist

Crew

Jean-Jacques Annaud

Jean-Jacques Annaud

Director

Gérard Brach

Gérard Brach

Screenplay

Jean-Jacques Annaud

Jean-Jacques Annaud

Screenplay

Gabriel Yared

Gabriel Yared

Original Music Composer

Noëlle Boisson

Noëlle Boisson

Editor

Robert Fraisse

Robert Fraisse

Director of Photography

Claude Berri

Claude Berri

Producer

Marguerite Duras

Marguerite Duras

Novel

Mat Troi Day

Mat Troi Day

Property Buyer

Olivier Radot

Olivier Radot

Art Direction

Popular Reviews

141 reviews

Hyacinthhhh

6.0★ · 05/10/26

We are lovers, we can’t stop loving.

We are lovers, we can’t stop loving.

Hyacinthhhh

6.0★ · 04/24/26

Down on the West Coast, they got their icons
Their silver starlets, their queens of Saigons.

Down on the West Coast, they got their icons
Their silver starlets, their queens of Saigons.

asa

1.0★ · 03/04/26

very weird film, I was lied to…

very weird film, I was lied to…

Isabella

7.0★ · 01/31/26

i get her character so much, she was an impressionable and vulnerable girl, she wanted to seek the comfort and love that she didn’t get from her family, while he was just a pervert and a pedophile, it hurt

i get her character so much, she was an impressionable and vulnerable girl, she wanted to seek the comfort and love that she didn’t get from her family, while he was just a pervert and a pedophile, it hurt

Cleo

1.0★ · 01/19/26

cocote najis bgt edan nyg gumoh bgt asu apasi kie jane su

cocote najis bgt edan nyg gumoh bgt asu apasi kie jane su

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