Girl on the Bridge
1999 · Movie · 90 min · ★ 7.0 · 82% critics
On a Paris bridge, a young woman on the edge of giving up is approached by a traveling knife thrower who needs a human target for his act. With nowhere else to go, she joins him, and the two head out along the Mediterranean coast, performing and chasing a change in fortune together.
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Details
- Original title
- La Fille sur le pont
- Years
- 1999
- Release date
- 1999-03-31
- Language
- French
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Critic score
- 82/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 (228 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a black-and-white French romance that’s quirky, sensual, and a little dark, with fate and luck in the mix; Not for you if you dislike risky relationship dynamics or surreal storytelling like in The Hairdresser's Husband.
Pros: poetic romantic mood; quirky dark humor; strong lead chemistry | Cons: offbeat story logic; adult themes throughout; uneven tone shifts
Themes
- suicide
- france
- paris, france
- gambling
- circus
- athens, greece
- bridge
- knife
- seine
- istanbul, turkey
- knife thrower
- unconventional love
Awards & recognition
- César Award — Best Actress · 2000 · nominated
Cast & crew
Vanessa Paradis
as Adèle
Daniel Auteuil
as Gabor
Demetre Georgalas
as Takis
Catherine Lascault
as Irène
- FP
Frédéric Pfluger
as Contortionist
Isabelle Petit-Jacques
as Bride
- MM
Mireille Mossé
as Miss Memory
- DL
Didier Lemoine
as TGV Ticket Conductor
- BC
Bertie Cortez
as Kusak
Stéphane Metzger
as Italian Waiter
Directed by Patrice Leconte