

"She gave her innocence, her passion, her body. The one thing she couldn't give was her love."
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.
The Young Girl

The Chinaman

The Mother

The Elder Brother

The Younger Brother

Helene Lagonelle

Narrator (voice)

The Chinaman's Father
The French Teacher

Anne-Marie Stretter
The Principal

Femme

The Assistant Mistress

The Writer (beginning)
The Writer (end)
The Driver
The Young Boy
Liner Pianist

Anne-Marie Stretters Driver
Ferry Captain
Bus Driver
Bride
Bus Controller
Young Girls Coolie