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.
Cast
Jane March
The Young Girl
Tony Leung Ka-fai
The Chinaman
Frédérique Meininger
The Mother
Arnaud Giovaninetti
The Elder Brother
Melvil Poupaud
The Younger Brother
Lisa Faulkner
Helene Lagonelle
Jeanne Moreau
Narrator
Xiem Mang
The Chinaman's Father
Philippe Le Dem
The French Teacher
Ann Schaufuss
Anne-Marie Stretter
Tania Torrens
The Principal
Espérance Pham Thai Lan
Femme
Hélène Patarot
The Assistant Mistress
Yvonne Wingerter
The Writer (beginning)
Raymonde Heudeline
The Writer (end)
Quach Van An
The Driver
Do Minh Vien
The Young Boy
Frédéric Auburtin
Liner Pianist
Alido H. Gaudencio
Anne-Marie Stretters Driver
Vu Dinh Thi
Ferry Captain
Truong Thu
Bus Driver
Thi Cam Thuy Nguyen
Bride
Lu Van Trang
Bus Controller
Vu Kim Trong
Young Girls Coolie
Crew
Jean-Jacques Annaud
Director, Screenplay
Gérard Brach
Screenplay
Marguerite Duras
Novel
Noëlle Boisson
Editor
Robert Fraisse
Director of Photography
Claude Berri
Producer
Jacques Tronel
Co-Producer
Timothy Burrill
Co-Producer
Hoang Thanh At
Production Design
Yvonne Sassinot de Nesle
Costume Design
Gabriel Yared
Original Music Composer
Jennifer Patrick
Vocal Coach
Mat Troi Day
Property Buyer
Olivier Radot
Art Direction
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