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''The Lover'' (or ''L'Amant'') is a 1992 French drama film directed by [[Creator/JeanJacquesAnnaud Jean-Jacques Annaud Annaud]] and based on the novel of the same name by Marguerite Duras.
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* InnocentFanserviceGirl: Helene walks around the school dormitory naked.
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* InnocentFanserviceGirl: Helene walks around the school dormitory naked. The narration explicitly describes her as "innocent" and that she doesn't really think about what she's doing.
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''The Lover'' (or ''L'Amant'') is a 1992 French film based on the novel of the same name by Marguerite Duras. Set in [[UsefulNotes/{{Vietnam}} French Indo-China]] in 1929, it depicts the illicit affair between a fifteen-year old French girl (Jane March) and her wealthy Chinese lover (Creator/TonyLeungKaFai), narrated by Creator/JeanneMoreau (in both French and English).
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''The Lover'' (or ''L'Amant'') is a 1992 French drama film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud and based on the novel of the same name by Marguerite Duras. Duras.
Set in [[UsefulNotes/{{Vietnam}} FrenchIndo-China]] Indochina]] in 1929, it depicts the illicit affair between a fifteen-year old French girl (Jane March) and her wealthy Chinese lover (Creator/TonyLeungKaFai), narrated by Creator/JeanneMoreau (in both French and English).
Set in [[UsefulNotes/{{Vietnam}} French
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* NoNameGiven: The protagonists are only referred to as The Young Girl and The Chinaman.
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* NoNameGiven: The protagonists are only referred to as The Young Girl and The Chinaman. In fact, almost no one has their name stated save for Helene Lagonelle and Anne-Marie Stretter, both relatively minor characters. The younger brother's name is Paolo, but this is a case of AllInTheManual from Marguerite Duras's books.
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''The Lover'' (or ''L'Amant'') is a 1992 French film based on the novel of the same name by Marguerite Duras. Set in [[UsefulNotes/{{Vietnam}} French Indo-China]] in 1929, it depicts the illicit affair between a fifteen-year old French girl (Jane March) and her wealthy Chinese lover (Tony Leung Ka-fai), narrated by Creator/JeanneMoreau (in both French and English).
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''The Lover'' (or ''L'Amant'') is a 1992 French film based on the novel of the same name by Marguerite Duras. Set in [[UsefulNotes/{{Vietnam}} French Indo-China]] in 1929, it depicts the illicit affair between a fifteen-year old French girl (Jane March) and her wealthy Chinese lover (Tony Leung Ka-fai), (Creator/TonyLeungKaFai), narrated by Creator/JeanneMoreau (in both French and English).
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''The Lover'' (or ''L'Amant'') is a 1992 French film based on the novel of the same name by Marguerite Duras. Set in [[UsefulNotes/{{Vietnam}} French Indo-China]] in 1929, it depicts the illicit affair between a fifteen-year old French girl (Jane March) and her wealthy Chinese lover (Tony Leung Ka-fai), narrated by Jeanne Moreau (in both French and English).
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''The Lover'' (or ''L'Amant'') is a 1992 French film based on the novel of the same name by Marguerite Duras. Set in [[UsefulNotes/{{Vietnam}} French Indo-China]] in 1929, it depicts the illicit affair between a fifteen-year old French girl (Jane March) and her wealthy Chinese lover (Tony Leung Ka-fai), narrated by Jeanne Moreau Creator/JeanneMoreau (in both French and English).
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* HeirloomEngagementRing: The Chinaman gives the Girl his mother's ring, presumably a family heirloom meant to be passed onto the women he's been arranged to marry, and he's shown placing it on her ring finger just like you would with your betrothed. Naturally the Girl's mother and elder brother refuse to believe the Chinaman would give her an expensive diamond ring if he wasn't getting something in return, despite her fervent denials.
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* WithThisRing: The Chinaman gives the Girl his mother's ring, presumably a [[HeirloomEngagementRing family heirloom meant to be passed onto a wife]], and he's shown placing it on her ring finger just like you would with your betrothed. Naturally the Girl's mother and elder brother refuse to believe the Chinaman would give her an expensive diamond ring if he wasn't getting something in return, despite her fervent denials.
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* HomoeroticSubtext: The Girl in the novel speaks explicitly of wanting to make love to Helene. In the film they lie in bed together while talking about the affair, and when Helene fantasizes about sleeping with men for money, the Girl caresses her body and talks about how lucky those men would be.
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* WithThisRing: The Chinaman gives the Girl his mother's ring, presumably a family heirloom meant to be passed onto a wife, and he's shown placing it on her ring finger just like you would with your betrothed. Naturally the Girl's mother and elder brother refuse to believe the Chinaman would give her an expensive diamond ring if he wasn't getting something in return, despite her fervent denials.
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* WithThisRing: The Chinaman gives the Girl his mother's ring, presumably a [[HeirloomEngagementRing family heirloom meant to be passed onto a wife, wife]], and he's shown placing it on her ring finger just like you would with your betrothed. Naturally the Girl's mother and elder brother refuse to believe the Chinaman would give her an expensive diamond ring if he wasn't getting something in return, despite her fervent denials.
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* BlatantLies: The Girl claims there's nothing going on with the Chinaman, "not even a kiss", when she's wearing an expensive diamond ring she's given him.
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* BlatantLies: The Girl claims there's nothing going on with the Chinaman, "not even a kiss", when she's wearing an expensive diamond ring she's given him.
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* MoodDissonance: While his family has a screaming match over the Girl's affair in the next room, the younger brother is playing a piano trying to drown them out.
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* YouMustBeCold: The Chinaman wraps his jacket around the Girl's shoulders as she shows him the inundated property her family invested in.
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* YouMustBeCold: The Chinaman wraps his jacket around the Girl's shoulders as she shows him the inundated property her family invested in.in, now inundated by the sea.
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* DissonantSerenity: As the ship departs for France, the Girl sees the black limousine parked on the docks with her lover motionless inside. She in turn stands with one foot on the ship's railing in imitation of when they first met, not moving or showing any emotion, just looking in his direction until his car is no longer in sight.
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* StalkingIsLove: The Chinaman waits outside her school every day, while the girl turns up at his ArrangedMarriage.
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* StalkingIsLove: The Chinaman waits outside her school every day, while the girl turns up at his ArrangedMarriage. As the Girl departs on the ship to France, she sees his limousine parked on the docks.
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!!The film and novel contain the following tropes
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!!The film and novel contain the following tropestropes:
* ArentYouGoingToRavishMe: The Chinaman takes the Girl to a love nest in the Chinese quarter that he keeps for his mistresses, but is reluctant to actually go through with the act until she insists.
* ArentYouGoingToRavishMe: The Chinaman takes the Girl to a love nest in the Chinese quarter that he keeps for his mistresses, but is reluctant to actually go through with the act until she insists.
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* ExplicitContent: The movie is quite renowned for its barely censored sex scenes and generous amounts of nudity and overall erotism.
* FilleFatale: It's the Girl who is the sexual aggressor.
* FilleFatale: It's the Girl who is the sexual aggressor.
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* ExplicitContent: The movie is quite renowned for its barely censored sex scenes and generous amounts of nudity and overall erotism.eroticism.
* FilleFatale: It's theGirl girl who is the sexual aggressor.
* FilleFatale: It's the
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* YouMustBeCold: The Chinaman wraps his jacket around the Girl's shoulders during the beach scene.
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* YouMustBeCold: The Chinaman wraps his jacket around the Girl's shoulders during as she shows him the beach scene.inundated property her family invested in.
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* OneTrueLove: At the end of the movie, TheNarrator tells how she got a phone call from the Chinaman after she became a writer, saying that he has never stopped loving her.
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* OneTrueLove: At the end of the movie, TheNarrator tells how she got a phone call from the Chinaman after she became a writer, writer later in life, saying that he has never stopped loving her.
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* OneTrueLove: At the end of the movie, TheNarrator tells how she got a phone call from the Chinaman after she became a writer, saying that he has never stopped loving her.
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* YouMustBeColdYouMustBeCold: The Chinaman wraps his jacket around the Girl's shoulders during the beach scene.
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* WithThisRing: The Chinaman gives the Girl his mother's ring, presumably a family heirloom meant to be passed onto a wife.
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* WithThisRing: The Chinaman gives the Girl his mother's ring, presumably a family heirloom meant to be passed onto a wife.wife, and he's shown placing it on her ring finger just like you would with your betrothed. Naturally the Girl's mother and elder brother refuse to believe the Chinaman would give her an expensive diamond ring if he wasn't getting something in return, despite her fervent denials.
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* {{Based on a True Story}}: Duras has stated that she is the Young Girl, and the affair has been depicted in different (sometimes opposing) ways in her novels.
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* {{Based on a True Story}}: Duras has stated that she is the Young Girl, and the affair has been depicted in different (sometimes opposing) [[UnreliableNarrator opposing]]) ways in her novels.novels.
* BreakHisHeartToSaveHim: The Chinaman tries to do this to ''himself'', making the Girl say that she was only ever sleeping with him for money, from the [[LoveAtFirstSight moment they first met]]. Given that The Girl doesn't want to admit any romantic attraction herself, she plays along willingly.
* BreakHisHeartToSaveHim: The Chinaman tries to do this to ''himself'', making the Girl say that she was only ever sleeping with him for money, from the [[LoveAtFirstSight moment they first met]]. Given that The Girl doesn't want to admit any romantic attraction herself, she plays along willingly.
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''The Lover'' (or ''L'Amant'') is a 1992 French film based on the novel of the same name by Marguerite Duras. Set in [[UsefulNotes/{{Vietnam}} French Indo-China]] in 1929, it depicts the illicit affair between a fifteen-year old French girl (Jane March) and her wealthy Chinese lover (Tony Leung Ka-fai).Ka-fai), narrated by Jeanne Moreau (in both French and English).
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* LongingLookLongingLook: A constant motif throughout the movie.
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* LoveHurtsLoveHurts: [[spoiler: In the end, the Girl and the Chinaman have to come to terms with the idea that they can't be together.]]
* MightyWhiteyAndMellowYellow: The very rare gender-inverted version where a White girl is being charmed by a high-class Asian man.
* MightyWhiteyAndMellowYellow: The very rare gender-inverted version where a White girl is being charmed by a high-class Asian man.
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* WindowLove: The day after their first meeting the Girl is surprised to see the Chinaman's black limousine outside the school. She walks up to the car and sensuously presses her lips to the window where he's sitting in the back seat.
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* WindowLove: The day after their first meeting the Girl is surprised to see the Chinaman's black limousine outside the school. She walks up to the car and [[TheTease sensuously presses her lips to the window window]] where he's sitting in the back seat.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: Averted -- filmed on location in Vietnam, though the sex scenes had to be filmed in Paris.
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* DawsonCasting: Jane March, who played the fifteen-year-old Girl, turned 18 shortly after filming began.
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* DawsonCasting: Jane March, who played the fifteen-year-old Girl, turned 18 shortly after filming began.
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* WithThisRing: The Chinaman gives the Girl his mother's ring, presumably a family heirloom meant to be passed onto a wife.
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''The Lover'' (or ''L'Amant'') is a 1992 French film based on the novel of the same name by Marguerite Duras. Set in [[UsefulNotes/{{Vietnam}} French Indo-China]] in 1929, it depicts the illicit affair between a fifteen-year old French girl (Jane March) and her wealthy Chinese lover.
lover (Tony Leung Ka-fai).
