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L'Amant - The Lover - tribute

A tribute to the 1992 film The Lover (L'Amant). Starring Jane March and Tony Leung. A classic film about a Chinese man who falls for a younger white girl during the early 20th century in Indochina. Based on Marguerite Dura's life and book L'Amant.

from YouTube on Mon, Jan 21 2008

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