March's dysfunctional French-colonial family - including a wacked-out mother(Frederique Meininger) and a psychotic, opium-addled brother (Arnaud Giovaninetti) - will not accept such an affair. They soon begin meeting in Leung's rented "bachelor room" in a seedy district, where the couple (plus more than a handful of sexual stunt doubles) will tryst regularly. When he offers her a lift in his chauffeured limousine, it's the beginning of a plush trip into camera-ready sensuality. On her way to another horrid year of boarding school, the French girl sees dandyish, white-suited, 32-year-old Leung standing next to her. That's the year that 18-year-old March, her foot coltishly perched on a deck railing, is crossing the Mekong River to Saigon. Cinematographer Robert Fraisse creates a beautiful, sepia-like, bygone-era tint to this drama, set in French-occupied Vietnam in 1929. This French production, by the team that gave you "The Name of the Rose" and "The Bear," is beautiful to watch - and not just because English actress Jane March and equally nubile co-star Tony Leung will never need Slimfast. It's about young, taut bodies living life to the fullest, celebrating their nudity. It's about love beyond cross-cultural boundaries and taboos. It's about her attaining self-realization. Tell him or her it's the touching story of a young woman's extended liaison with a Chinese lover. Tear it out and show it to the disapprover in your life. You can still go.Ĭonsider this a parent's note.
THE LOVER DURAS FRENCH NAME MOVIE
But don't worry, this forbidden-fruit movie is artistic. "The Lover," the adaptation of Marguerite Duras' 1984 novel, is nothing if not naked.
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