
115 minutes
1/22/1992
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.

Jane March
as The Young Girl

Tony Leung Ka-fai
as The Chinaman

Frédérique Meininger
as The Mother

Arnaud Giovaninetti
as The Elder Brother

Melvil Poupaud
as The Younger Brother

Lisa Faulkner
as Helene Lagonelle

Jeanne Moreau
as Narrator
Xiem Mang
as The Chinaman's Father

Philippe Le Dem
as The French Teacher
Ann Schaufuss
as Anne-Marie Stretter

Tania Torrens
as The Principal

Espérance Pham Thai Lan
as Femme

Hélène Patarot
as The Assistant Mistress
Yvonne Wingerter
as The Writer (beginning)
Raymonde Heudeline
as The Writer (end)
Quach Van An
as The Driver
Do Minh Vien
as The Young Boy

Frédéric Auburtin
as Liner Pianist
Alido H. Gaudencio
as Anne-Marie Stretters Driver
Vu Dinh Thi
as Ferry Captain
Truong Thu
as Bus Driver
Thi Cam Thuy Nguyen
as Bride
Lu Van Trang
as Bus Controller
Vu Kim Trong
as Young Girls Coolie