The Lover (French L'Amant) is an autobiographical novel by Marguerite Duras, published in 1984 by Les Éditions de Minuit. It has been translated to 43 languages. It was awarded the 1984 Prix Goncourt. An autobiographical novel is a novel based on the life of the author. ... Marguerite Donnadieu (April 4, 1914 - March 3, 1996), better known as Marguerite Duras, was a writer and film director. ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Cover of the first book clandestinely published by Les Éditions de Minuit, as part of the French Resistance during WWII Les Éditions de Minuit (midnight editions) is a French publishing house which has its origins in the French Resistance of World War II and still publishes books today. ... The Prix Goncourt is the most prestigious prize in French language literature, given to the author of the best imaginary prose work of the year. Edmond de Goncourt, a successful author, critic, and publisher, bequeathed his entire estate for the foundation and maintenance of the Académie Goncourt. ...

L'Amant, or The Lover, starring Jane March and Tony Leung Ka Fai.

The Lover is also a movie based on this novel, directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud and starring Jane March, Tony Leung Ka Fai. fair use This is a DVD cover. ... fair use This is a DVD cover. ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as part of the entertainment industry. ... Jean-Jacques Annaud (born October 1st, 1943) is a French film director. ... Jane March is an actor, born Jane Horwood on March 20, 1973 in Edgware, London, England, UK. She has had one of the lead roles in most of the films she has appeared in. ... Tony Leung Ka-Fai (梁家輝) is a Hong Kong movie actor born on February 1, 1958. ...

Plot Summary

This summary is for the 1992 film. 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Set in 1929 French Colonial Vietnam, a teen-aged causcasian French girl (Duras) starts an affair with a Chinese man from a wealthy family to escape her lonely existence in boarding school. In private, their relationship is physically and emotionally fulfilling. Due to the social and racial mores of the age, in public they have to play the roles of concubine and sugar daddy. When the man is forced to take a Chinese bride by his family, the girl decides to emigrate back to France. The film is noted for several sexually explicit scenes. When the film opened, it gained notoriety for the under-aged protagonist and the possibility that the actress Jane March was also under-age while filming. It has also been alleged that the sex in the film was not faked. In politics and in history, a colony is a territory under the immediate political control of a geographically-distinct state (or city, in ancient times). ... Concubinage is either the state of a couple living together as lovers with no obligation created by vows, legal marriage, or religious ceremony, or the state of a woman supported by a male lover who is married to, and usually living with, someone else. ... Jane March is an actor, born Jane Horwood on March 20, 1973 in Edgware, London, England, UK. She has had one of the lead roles in most of the films she has appeared in. ...

External link

• L'Amant Fan Club on The Lover (http://lamant.cjb.net/)
• Tony & Jane:L'Amant Fan Club (http://lamantclub.cjb.net/)
• A Review by Moviemaniac (http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0101316/board/thread/1916239/)
• IMDb entry on The Lover (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101316/)