Real-life Connections
Duras never revealed the real name of her Chinese lover, but later admitted to being the girl when the film The Lover was being made. The last thing she heard of him was that he immigrated to the United States after the Chinese Revolution. He had already died when the movie was produced.
Duras was 15 at the time of her love affair, which is also the age of the heroine in the novel.
In the movie the heroine tells her lover that she is 17. He tells her that he is 32.
Read more about this topic: The Lover (1984 novel)
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