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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 | |
Xiem Mang | The Chinaman's Father | |
Philippe Le Dem | The French Teacher | |
Ann Schaufuss | Anne-Marie Stretter | |
Quach Van An | The Driver | |
Tania Torrens | The Principal | |
Raymonde Heudeline | The Writer | |
Yvonne Wingerter | The Writer | |
Do Minh Vien | The Young Boy | |
Helene Patarot | The Assistant Mistress |
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Producer | Claude Berri
Timothy Burrill |
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Writer | Jean-Jacques Annaud
Gerard Brach |
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Cinematography | Robert Fraisse
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Musician | Gabriel Yared
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In 1929 in French colonial Vietnam a teenage European girl(Jane March) is traveling by herself. On a ferry across the delta she encounters a wealthy Asian man, simply referred to in the story as “The Chinaman”(Tony Leung), who offers her a lift in his limousine. She accepts and they talk to each other and soon become caught up in a steamy affair that lasts nearly two years. Eventually the Chinaman meets the girl's family, who is very obnoxious to him. His own family wants him to marry a girl they've chosen according to an arrangement they have made with another prominent Chinese family, and he feels he must accommodate his family even though he loves the European girl, and she loves him. The story is told from the point of view of the girl years later when she is an older woman(Jeanne Moreau). |
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