Of course sexual mores were different in those days and the idea of inter racial sex may be rather blase nowadays but this taboo is even more diluted by the casting of English actress Jane March who looks anything but French / White European, in fact she looks like she's of Asian extraction herself ! Apologies if I'm wrong of Ms March's ethnic origins but that's how she looks. It's supposedly to have been inspired by the true story of a French teenager who embarked on a relationship with a Chinese man in the early 20th century which shocked at the time.
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The problem with his earlier movie is that everything else feels out of place except the sex scenesĪm I alone in thinking this is a ridiculous movie ? The sex scenes are pretty explicit which may shock large portions of the audience but the non sexual scenes that drive the narrative seem to contradict the shock. The director of L'AMANT or THE LOVER as it's known in Britain was directed Jean Jacques Annaud who would later go on to make ENEMY AT THE GATES a pretty good war film that suffers from having a sex scene that seems out of place. Reviewed by Theo Robertson 4 / 10 Sex Sells Can the torrid affair that ensues between them overcome the class restrictions and social mores of that time? Based on the semi-autobiographical novel by Marguerite Duras. He offers her a ride into town in the back of his chauffeured sedan, and sparks fly. She is alone on public transportation when she catches the eye of a wealthy Chinese businessman. A young French girl from a family that is having some monetary difficulties is returning to boarding school.