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| The Lover | 
 enlarge | Director: Jean-jacques Annaud
Actors: Jane March, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Frederique Meininger, Arnaud Giovaninetti, Melvil Poupaud
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  131 reviews
Sales Rank: 7401
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 115
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.1 x 0.6
MPN: MGMD1002733D
ISBN: 0792851579
UPC: 027616869319
EAN: 9780792851578
ASIN: B00005PJ6R
Theatrical Release Date: October 30, 1992
Release Date: December 11, 2001
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 The Lover June 27, 1999
1 out of 7 found this review helpful
I Love this vidao! My Best 1 Video
Excellent cinematographic interpretation of Duras' novel March 22, 1999
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is a movie that can be seen many times, both due to the beauty of its cinematography and its many layers of meaning. The film manages to capture the flow of Duras' prose. In some ways, it is even more beautiful and subtle. March and Leung are so sexy it hurts, and this film has some of the most beautiful erotic scenes that I have seen in a long time.
A lesson in feeling March 21, 1999
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Sheer sumptuousness and natural subtlety of the highest caliber. But above all it is an exercise in feeling. Note simple things like a moment of a swirling reflection of tropical plants on the hood of the car inside which two people are discovering each other, or a scene of two women observing one another as their cars pass. An unaffected simplicity of emotion--things can be just that beautiful. Incredible!
 Four stars for pure eroticism amid cultural contrasts! January 14, 1999
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
What an intriguing, beguiling tale. It is a study in sexual awakening for a young woman, seduction by an older, experienced man, and cultural tension between East and West. Would any American director know how to present this marvelous sensuality in such frank, yet beautiful images? My partner, who has been so very leary of on-screen sexuality, loved it! And so did I. One of the few films I have chosen to purchase for future screenings. If my review strikes a note, be sure to get the unrated version.
Beautiful, but not developed enough January 6, 1999
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
As fans of the novel know, "The Lover" is a sensual delight, not just for the sex, but because of Marguerite Duras' luminous prose. The film manages to capture the quality of Duras' prose through brilliant cinematography that is at times both delicate and brutal. Watching the leads cavort in the man's dark, musty bedroom lit only by the cracks in window blinds is quite a treat, if one is inclined to enjoy such pursuits. Tony Leung and Jane March are sufficiently beautiful to hold interest, but not enough for the inordinate amount of screen time they are given solely indulging in the pleasures of Venus. The girl's outside relationships, particularly those with her mother and younger brother, are relegated to the background to the movie's detriment. Marguerite Duras' novel is a delicate balance of eroticism and family dissent, and the film would have rated 5 stars had it achieved the same balance. But "The Lover" is saved by glorious cinematography and the charisma of liliputian Jane March, who has a heartbreakingly gorgeous final scene.
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