1992 · 115 min · Drama, Romance
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.
Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud. Starring Jane March, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Frédérique Meininger, Arnaud Giovaninetti and Melvil Poupaud.
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