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
