Where to watch The Lover in the United States
The Lover (1992) is available on Kanopy with a participating library card. Also available to stream on OVID.
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The Lover
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You can watch The Lover (1992) on Kanopy with a participating library card.
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.
Sweaty, sun-drenched longing replaces typical cinematic sentimentality in this lush depiction of 1920s Saigon. A teenage girl finds unexpected agency through a forbidden affair with a wealthy Chinese heir amidst the humid heat of colonial Indochina.
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Director
Jean-Jacques Annaud
Cast
Jane March, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Frédérique Meininger, Arnaud Giovaninetti, Melvil Poupaud, Lisa Faulkner, Jeanne Moreau, Xiem Mang, Philippe Le Dem, Ann Schaufuss
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The Lover
You can watch The Lover (1992) on Kanopy with a participating library card.
IMDb
7.0/10
RT Critics
28%
RT Audience
79%
Metacritic
Director
Jean-Jacques Annaud
Cast
Jane March, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Frédérique Meininger, Arnaud Giovaninetti, Melvil Poupaud, Lisa Faulkner, Jeanne Moreau, Xiem Mang, Philippe Le Dem, Ann Schaufuss
2 options ranked by value · 🇺🇸 United States
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Watch The Lover on Kanopy with a participating library card. The Lover is streaming on OVID. Availability last verified September 13, 2026.