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The Lover 白羊 The Lover 情人 The primary characters are known only as The Young Girl and The Chinese Man. The daughter of bitter, fearful, poverty-stricken colonials, she is a pretty waif who likes to wear an old silk dress and a man\'s fedora and paint her lips bright red when out of her mother\'s sight. She hates everything about her existence — her teachers, her fellow students, and most of all her depraved, dysfunctional family. The son of a Chinese businessman whose fortune was made in real estate, has recently returned from Paris after dropping out of school. He has the look but lacks the self-assurance of the playboy he fancies himself to be, and he is mesmerized the first time he sees her standing by the rail on a crowded ferry crossing the Mekong River... 1929年的越南是法国殖民地，简（珍玛琪饰）是一个15岁的法国少女，在西贡女子寄宿学校读书。每逢假期简便回家，母亲办了一所很小的学校，收入甚少。简有两个哥哥，大哥比尔吸毒成瘾且横行霸道，二哥保罗生性懦弱，常受大哥的欺负。一天简一如往常一样告别母亲乘上渡船回学校。在船上遇到一个坐黑色大轿车的阔少爷东尼（梁家辉饰）。东尼是华侨富翁的独生子。东尼喜欢这名白人少女便去搭讪，俩人便搭上了。简在寄宿学校里知道有的女生在外卖淫，她也想找个有钱人试试，因此很主动与东尼交谈，上岸后两人逛了西贡，还一起上馆子吃中国饭菜。东尼并用汽车送她回学校。第二天刚放学，黑色汽车就等在校门口了。简和东尼很快就坠入爱河。东尼把简带到他的公馆，这是中国富人们常用来金屋藏娇的地方。他俩在这里幽会、洗澡、玩耍。有时晚上也不回学校，校方只好通知她的母亲，然而…… | 
