Login

The Lover

An exotic, erotic adaptation of Marguerite Duras' autobiographical novel about a teenage girl who's initiated into sex by an older Chinese dandy in 1929 Indo-China. Jane March and Tony Leung star.

Year: 1992
Genre: Art House Cinema, True Stories, Avant-garde / Experimental, Sensual or Erotic Films
Country: France
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Starring: Jane March, Tony Leung (Ka Fai), Frederique Meininger
Duration: 115 Minutes
Rating: M - Contains sex scenes.
6.9/10
Location in store: Art House Cinema
This DVD requires a multi-zone DVD player

AVAILABILITY

DVD AVAILABLE NOW!

Permanent Collection

For in-store pickup reservations please call 03 3650 615

ALICE ALSO SUGGESTS:

Bitter Moon (1992)

Roman Polanski's ultra-kinky drama centers on the bizarre interaction of four passengers on an ocean...

Color of Night (1994)

In this steamy suspenser, Bruce Willis is a distraught New York psychiatrist who takes over a Los An...

Damage (1992)

Director Louis Malle ("Atlantic City") peels back the layers of one family's tragedy to reveal a mid...

Lolita (1961)

Director Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov's classic novel captures the author's blac...

The Perfume of Yvonne ( aka Yvonne's Perfume ) (1994)

Intriguing and sensuous, this is the tale of one man's haunting romance during the summer of 1958. I...

L'Idole ( The Idol ) (2002)

Aka "The Idol". Leelee Sobieski plays Sarah, a young actress who moves into a rambling old apartment...

L'Ennui (1998)

Charles Berling plays Martin, a 40-something philosophy teacher in the throes of a mid-life crisis....

The Dreamers (2003)

Aka "Les Innocents". Director Bernardo Bertolucci's provocative, sensual drama centers on American e...

Zhou Yu's Train (2003)

This stylized romantic drama sees Zhou Yu (Gong Li) take a long train ride twice a week to meet her...

Yes (2004)

Sally Potter's daring and artful meditation on the dynamics of romantic and sexual relationships sta...

Lust, Caution (2007)

Ang Lee's sensual espionage drama is set in Japanese-occupied China in the late 1930s and concerns t...

9 1/2 Weeks (1986)

Director Adrian Lyne's erotically charged, controversial drama stars Kim Basinger and Mickey Rourke...

Talk of Angels (1998)

The period prior to the Spanish Civil War provides the background setting for the arrival in Spain o...

Lolita ( Blu-ray ) (1961)

Director Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov's classic novel captures the author's blac...