The Lover (French : L'Amant) is a 1992 drama film produced by Claude Berri and directed by Jean Jacques Annaud.Based on the semi-autobiographical 1984 novel by Marguerite Duras the film details the illicit affair between a teenage French girl and a wealthy Chinese man in 1929 French Indochina. In the screenplay written by Annaud and Gerard Brach, the 15 1/2-year-old protagonist is portrayed by actress Jane March who turned eighteen shortly after filming began. Her lover is portrayed by actor Tony Leung Ka-Fai

The film won the Motion Picture Sound Editors 1993 Golden Reel award for "Best Sound Editing — Foreign Feature" and the 1993 Cesar Award for Best Music Written for a film.