THE LOVERS ON THE BRIDGE
| 1991 – 125′ – Drama, Romance.
Written & Directed by: Leos Carax.
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Denis Lavant, Klaus Michael Gruber, Marion Stalens, Daniel Buain, Chrichan Larsson, Edith Scob, George Aperghis.
Official Selection COLCOA 2017.
In French with English subtitles. A Miramax release. |
Léos Carax’s ecstatic ode to doomed romance stars Juliette Binoche and Denis Lavant as tramps courting love and disaster on the streets of Paris. Alex makes his home amid the construction chaos of Pont-Neuf, Paris’ oldest bridge, closed for renovation. He relies on a meager income from fire-breathing street performances to keep him on a steady supply of barbiturates and booze. Michèle is a young artist from a well-off family who leaves home in an apparent attempt to outrun the illness that is slowly making her go blind. Alex is immediately smitten with the distraught Michèle and invites her to share his squat on the bridge. Their romance seems to defy every obstacle, but his impulse to protect her eventually morphs into a dangerous and impulsive possessiveness. By turns luridly squalid and feverishly lyrical, The Lovers on the Bridge was the most expensive film in the history of French cinema at the time of its making.