Lovely to look at, this story reveals more than the characters’ nude bodies. A tastefully produced soft porn that is sensuous, highly erotic and a touching love story about a young girl’s awakening to love and her own sexuality.
The story is based on the controversial bestseller by experimental French novelist Marguerite Duras. It tells the story of a young French schoolgirl who becomes sexually involved with a sophisticated, older Asian man. Set in Indochina in the late 1920s, this is stunningly photographed and artfully directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud.