L'Amant is a good literature adaptation. Shot in French Colonial Vietnam, a young French girl (Jane March) fall in love with a local man. They are hungry for each other's body,but it is not only a sexual desire. They hopelessly try to take shelter in the Body of The Other. But at the end it all turns into a Western fantasy in a remote exotic land. Leung has his traditional duties and March has her own existential limitations. And they cannot manage a break-through. The Other remains as an object of desire! Anyway. Jane March acts perfect, and she is just 18. It is worth to see in every respect.
