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The Lover [1992] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

Starring: Jane March, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Frédérique Meininger, Arnaud Giovaninetti, Melvil Poupaud
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Format: Anamorphic Closed-captioned Colour Dolby Dubbed DVD-Video Subtitled Widescreen NTSC
Released: 11 Dec 2001
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A must for PAL soon - By: N. Clark, 03 Nov 2008
I have seen this on VHS. A sensitive & intimate film. I cannot understand why it is not available on DVD in europe!.
Overlooked and intelligent. - By: Mark Angus, 08 Jul 2004
This film is currently unavailable on PAL, which is a pity as it deserves a wider release. 'The Lover' is perhaps best remembered for being Jane March's first role, & for being 'erotic'. It is both these things, but also an excellent film. Based on a Marguerite Dumas novel, the film concerns the relationship between a young, poor French girl & a local Chinese playboy. It is one of the few films to reallly tackle the subject of a strongly sexual relationship in a way which is both believable & yet not tacky. Jane March's performance brings the strong character of the novel vividly to life, & is backed by some marvellous photography & sets, which reek of post-colonial decay. A marvellously weighted narration (of passages from the novel) by Jeanne Moreau lends the film a serious & literary tone that balances the high eroticism of the sex scenes, & her weary, cracking voice back up the sense of realistic autobiography.

In alll, a film which is evocative, spicy & intelligent, & worthy of a PAL DVD release some day soon.