The Lover (1992 film)
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The Lover (1992 film) is a French romantic drama directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, based on Marguerite Duras's semi-autobiographical novel about a passionate affair in 1920s colonial Vietnam.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Lover (1992 film) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Lover (1992 film) Context triple: [Gérard Brach, notableWork, The Lover (1992 film)]
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A.
Lovers (album)
Lovers is an R&B studio album by American singer-songwriter Babyface that helped establish his early solo career in the late 1980s.
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B.
The Great Lover
The Great Lover is a 1949 romantic comedy film starring Bob Hope as a scoutmaster entangled with a con artist aboard a transatlantic ocean liner.
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C.
The Great Lover
The Great Lover is a 1931 British romantic comedy film starring Roland Young, known for its lighthearted take on love and high society.
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D.
The Lover
The Lover is a one-act play by Harold Pinter that explores the blurred boundaries between fantasy and reality within a seemingly conventional middle-class marriage.
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E.
The Lover
The Lover is a prominent modern Hebrew novel, best known as A. B. Yehoshua’s exploration of love, identity, and moral ambiguity in contemporary Israeli society.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Lover (1992 film) Target entity description: The Lover (1992 film) is a French romantic drama directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, based on Marguerite Duras's semi-autobiographical novel about a passionate affair in 1920s colonial Vietnam.
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A.
Lovers (album)
Lovers is an R&B studio album by American singer-songwriter Babyface that helped establish his early solo career in the late 1980s.
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B.
The Great Lover
The Great Lover is a 1931 British romantic comedy film starring Roland Young, known for its lighthearted take on love and high society.
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C.
The Great Lover
The Great Lover is a 1949 romantic comedy film starring Bob Hope as a scoutmaster entangled with a con artist aboard a transatlantic ocean liner.
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D.
The Lover
The Lover is a one-act play by Harold Pinter that explores the blurred boundaries between fantasy and reality within a seemingly conventional middle-class marriage.
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E.
The Lover
The Lover is a prominent modern Hebrew novel, best known as A. B. Yehoshua’s exploration of love, identity, and moral ambiguity in contemporary Israeli society.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
ⓘ
romantic drama film ⓘ |
| adaptationOf |
Marguerite Duras’s 1984 novel "L’Amant"
ⓘ
linked to:
L'Amant
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| authorOfSourceWork | Marguerite Duras ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Lover (novel) ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Robert Fraisse ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| director | Jean-Jacques Annaud ⓘ |
| distributor |
MGM (United States)
ⓘ
linked to:
MGM
UGC (France) ⓘ |
| editedBy | Noëlle Boisson ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
France
ⓘ
Vietnam ⓘ
linked to:
Viet Nam
|
| filmRating | NC-17 (United States theatrical release) ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
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romantic film ⓘ |
| leadCharacter |
wealthy Chinese man
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young French schoolgirl ⓘ |
| mpaaRatingChange | edited R-rated version later released in the United States ⓘ |
| musicBy | Gabriel Yared ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | colonial Vietnam ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
class difference
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colonialism ⓘ forbidden love ⓘ sexual awakening ⓘ |
| notableFor |
controversial NC-17 rating in the U.S.
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explicit depiction of sexuality ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| plotFocus | affair between a young French girl and a wealthy Chinese man ⓘ |
| producer | Claude Berri ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Renn Productions
ⓘ
TF1 Films Production ⓘ |
| releaseEvent | premiered at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival (out of competition) ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1992 ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 115 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Gérard Brach
ⓘ
Jean-Jacques Annaud ⓘ |
| settingPlace |
French Indochina
ⓘ
Saigon ⓘ |
| settingTime | 1920s ⓘ |
| sourceWorkGenre | semi-autobiographical novel ⓘ |
| starring |
Arnaud Giovaninetti
ⓘ
Frédérique Meininger ⓘ Jane March ⓘ Melvil Poupaud ⓘ Tony Leung Ka-fai ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfStory | interwar period ⓘ |
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Subject: The Lover (1992 film) Description of subject: The Lover (1992 film) is a French romantic drama directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, based on Marguerite Duras's semi-autobiographical novel about a passionate affair in 1920s colonial Vietnam.
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