Story
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.
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Cast
Jane March as The Young GirlTony Leung Ka-fai as The ChinamanFrédérique Meininger as The MotherArnaud Giovaninetti as The Elder BrotherMelvil Poupaud as The Younger BrotherLisa Faulkner as Helene LagonelleJeanne Moreau as Narrator (voice)Xiem Mang as The Chinaman's FatherPhilippe Le Dem as The French TeacherAnn Schaufuss as Anne-Marie Stretter
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