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The Lover
L'Amant
A poor French teenage girl engages in an illicit affair with a wealthy Chinese heir in 1920s Saigon. For the first time in her young life she has control, and she wields it deftly over her besotted lover throughout a series of clandestine meetings and torrid encounters.
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1929
Primary placement confidence: high. Importance on the World History timeline: 5/5.
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