Overview
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.
DirectorJean-Jacques Annaud
ProducersClaude Berri
ScreenplayGérard Brach, Jean-Jacques Annaud
Top Casts
Jane March
The Young Girl
Tony Leung Ka-fai
The Chinaman
Frédérique Meininger
The Mother
Arnaud Giovaninetti
The Elder Brother
Melvil Poupaud
The Younger Brother
Lisa Faulkner
Helene Lagonelle
Jeanne Moreau
Narrator (voice)
Xiem Mang
The Chinaman's Father
Philippe Le Dem
The French Teacher
Ann Schaufuss
Anne-Marie Stretter
Details
LanguageMandarin, English
Production companiesTimothy Burrill Productions, Renn Productions, Grai Phang Film Studio, Films A2
TaglineShe gave her innocence, her passion, her body. The one thing she couldn't give was her love.
