The Lover
1992 film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud
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Summary
The Lover is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,907 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud[3]
- Screenwriter: Jean-Jacques Annaud[4], Gérard Brach[5]
- Composer: Gabriel Yared[6]
- Genre: drama film[7], biographical film[8], melodrama[9]
- Based on: The Lover[10]
- Cast member: Jane March[11], Tony Leung Ka-fai[12], Melvil Poupaud[13], Jeanne Moreau[14], Arnaud Giovaninetti[15], Lisa Faulkner[16], Tania Torrens[17], Frédéric Auburtin[18]
- Producer: Claude Berri[19]
- Production company: Renn Productions[20]
- Director of photography: Robert Fraisse[21]
- Original language of film or TV show: English[22]
- Distribution format: video on demand[23]
- Review score: 4.7/10[24], 28%[25]
- Color: color[26]
- Country of origin: France[27], United Kingdom[28], Vietnam[29]
- Publication date: January 22, 1992[30], March 26, 1992[31], June 19, 1992[32], October 30, 1992[33]
- Distributed by: Pathé Distribution[34], Netflix[35]
- Narrative location: Vietnam[36], French Indochina[37]
- Main subject: virginity[38]
- Film editor: Noëlle Boisson[39]
- Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Cinematography[40]
- Title: The Lover[41]
- Has characteristic: film based on a novel[42]
- After a work by: Marguerite Duras[43]
- FSK film rating: FSK 12[44]
- Duration: 115 minutes[45]
Why It Matters
The Lover has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]