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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: 6982
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
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 SEXUAL AND STEAMY!!!For him was it love or obsession ? For her was it love or sexual awakening? August 9, 2007
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
It has taken me two days to write this review. I was so awestruck by this film THE LOVER that I really pondered it before writing.Simply put, THE LOVER is an absolutely stunning and shockingly evocative piece of cinematic art.I knew NOTHING about this film before watching it, so I was totally taken by surprise by the depths of sexuality and passion that this film plummets.It is hard to express it otherwise.The film is dumbfounding in it's subject matter,acting,story,cinematography and soundtrack.This is what I like to call an "all-around film".....every note rings true!
Told from a detached point of view, THE LOVER concerns the 18-year-old "the girl"(Jane March) in 1929 Indochina (French Colonial Vietnam),and her relationship with the 32-year-old "the Chinaman"(Tony Leung).She is awakening sexually and he is obsessed with her.The very intense relationship progresses as each plays with each other's bodies, lives and feelings.He says that he is in a prearranged marriage and cannot marry her.But he seems totally taken with her.She says that sex is totally fine with her, but could she be denying that it is love that she feels? With both families aware and opposed to their meeting,"the girl" and "the Chinaman" continue on exploring each other. It is only at the end that the true feelings are revealed. This may sound to some rather dull and boring, but trust me it is not! This is as sensitive as it is steamy,and will leave you breathless.This film has explicit sex scenes (very explicit),but they are so artfully done that one is not shocked,but rather is drawn into the experience that these two souls are having.I have never seen anything like it. If you are the slightest bit of a prude...well....you lose!This is a riveting and rare piece of film.You will not easily forget this one.
Excellent companion films would be INDOCHINE,THE QUIET AMERICAN, SOLOMON AND GAENOR, LOLITA and AN AFFAIR OF LOVE (Une Liaison Pornographique).
Powerful and Haunting June 22, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Mesmerizing, seductive, poetic, romantic and exotic. This movie is as erotic as 91/2 Weeks (rated R), the sex scenes have to be on there for the story. The intimate scenes make the ending so much more powerful--and haunting.
 Compelling Romance May 25, 2007
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
It would be easy to dismiss "The Lover" as mere erotica. For sure the love scenes are a selling point here. That said, they are some of the most gorgeously framed love scenes ever transferred to celluloid. I defy anyone, man or woman, not to feel their heart race after viewing these scenes. It also doesn't hurt that Jane March and Tony Leong have a kinetic chemistry that makes you believe in their love. There is also stunning production design on hand here. Director Jean Jacques Annaud also has some compelling things to say about racism, classism, and colonialism. "The Lover" will leave you mesmerized.
very deeply moving and heart-wrenching.. April 20, 2007
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
I had never heard of this movie, in fact never knew it existed until just recently..
however, I can only state how deeply it affected me..it was so very profound..
It was so beautifully and wonderfully photographed as others have stated.. the very intimate sex/love scenes tastefully done..
however, after reading the numerous reviews am wondering if some of the reviewers saw the same scenes that I did ?...
In question was the so called 'rape' scene..
well let me refresh your memories [for the ones who seemed to be 'missing' this]...
that scene happened shortly after the Chinese man [her lover] witnessed the very suggestive scene when the brother and his sister were dancing together.. oh so very close and almost erotic !! this scene implied something very indecent like incense.. and the look on his face told it all..everything was there.. every emotion showing on his face...
disbelief at first, a deep hurt when he realised what was actually happening between them.. then the feelings of betrayal and then anger..
This manifested itself later in the batchelors quarters when he angrily slapped her face and then proceeded to quietly but brutishly take her..
I did not view this as rape,it was understood.. he felt betrayed, angry and shame at what had happened.. her family [the white trash] had just treated him so shamefully too...but it was the scene that he had just witnessed as she danced ever so closely and suggestively with her brother that made him so angry.. she understood.. she made no moves to stop him, she did not shout out and neither did she participate in the act ! ...
Also I noted how deeply he must have cared for her when he gave her his beautiful very expensive ring that must have meant so much to him.. the ring which had belonged to his deceased mother..
so much poignancy on his face when he pulled the ring from his finger...
The ending too was so superb, I felt so deeply moved and sad to think that finally after she realised how much she did care for him it was too late.. it had always been too late...
what a fabulous,heart-wrenching, moving story..
 I saw this awhile ago when on vhs April 16, 2007
4 out of 11 found this review helpful
Ths movie is a tab bit harder than soft porn. There are real looking sex scenes. As a matter of fact, the man and minor girl spent most of their time having sex in the movie.
Her family was giving her a hard time, she wanted to get away, plus she had no friends in school, somewhat an outcast. She met this wealthy, predatorial Asian man who saw in her from the beginning, a convenient sex slave.
He used her for sex, she used him for money to help her and her family out. It's an ok movie but an explicit label should be put on it. You will not want your children looking at this.
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