

"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

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