What is The Lover?
{{italictitle}} '''''The Lover''''' is a 1992 [[France|French]] [[erotic]] [[drama movie]]. It is based on the 1984 [[novel]] of the same name. It is set in 1929 in [[Vietnam]] and is about a [[intimate relationship|relationship]] between a 15 year old French girl and a [[China|Chinese]] man twice her age. It was originally tagged NC-17 by the [[MPAA]]. However, the producers of ''The Lover'' appealed and the rating was changed to R. When this was released into [[theater]]s, it received mixed reaction. [[Audience]]s praised it. [[Americans|American]] [[critic]]s, however, gave negative [[review]]s of this drama. == Other websites == *{{imdb title|0101316}} {{movie-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lover, The}} [[Category:1992 romantic drama movies]] [[Category:1990s English-language movies]] [[Category:French drama movies]] [[Category:French romance movies]] [[Category:Movies based on books]] [[Category:Movies set in the 1920s]] [[Category:Vietnamese movies]] [[Category:Movies directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud]] [[Category:1992 independent movies]]