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Girl on the Bridge

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Original title

La fille sur le pont

Year

1999

Running time

90 min.

Country

France

Director

Patrice Leconte

Screenwriter

Serge Frydman

Cast

Music

Jean Goudier

Cinematography

Jean-Marie Dreujou (B&W)

Producer

Les Films Christian Fechner, UGCF, France 2 Cinema

Genre

Drama. Romance | Romantic Drama. Melodrama

Synopsis

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.

Rankings Position

#129 Best French Movies of all time

Awards: 2000: Nominated for BAFTA Awards: Best Film not in the English Language

1999: Golden Globes: Nominated Best Foreign Language Film

1999: César Awards: 1 Awards. 8 Nominations

2000: Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film

2000: Chicago Film Critics Awards: Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film

2000: National Board of Review (NBR): nominated to Top Five Foreing Films.

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Critics' reviews

"There is nothing like being partners in a knife-throwing act to encourage a man and a woman to focus on their relationship (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times
"The story is 'La Strada' without the poverty and fatalism (...) 'Girl on the Bridge' is most entertaining when it takes itself least seriously"

A. O. Scott: The New York Times
"Leconte turns up the erotic heat in the most gorgeously photographed black-and-white film since Wim Wenders' sublime 'Wings of Desire'"

Lou Lumenick: New York Post
"A sexy, edgy romance that director Patrice Leconte filmed in stunning black and white"

Mick LaSalle: SFGATE
"Auteuil and Paradis are an engaging pair and the knife-throwing scenes have a bizarre erotic power"

Philip French: The Guardian
"This may not be the most logical film you'll see this year, but it will certainly be among the most beautiful (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"

David Parkinson: Empire

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