The Girl on the Bridge

The Girl on the Bridge

1999 · 90 min · FR · 7.1 (164 votes)
Dir. Patrice Leconte · Starring Vanessa Paradis, Daniel Auteuil, Demetre Georgalas, Catherine Lascault, Frédéric Pfluger, Isabelle Petit-Jacques
DramaComedyRomance

It's night on a Paris bridge. A girl leans over Seine River with tears in her eyes and a violent yearning to drown her sorrows. Out of nowhere someone takes an interest in her. He is Gabor, a knife thrower who needs a human target for his show. The girl, Adele, has never been lucky and nowhere else to go. So she follows him. They travel along the northern bank of the Mediterranean to perform.

VIBE

A darkly romantic, existential journey. It feels like a strange, beautiful dream where fate and chance collide under the Parisian sky, leading to an unconventional, yet compelling, connection.

melancholicquirkyromanticwistfulslow-burnarthouseEuropean cinemacharacter-drivenfateloveriskredemption
suicidefranceparisfrancegamblingcircusbridgeknifeseineknife throwercharacters at crossroadsunconventional love
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