The Girl on the Bridge

The Girl on the Bridge (1999)

31/03/1999
Drama, Comedy, Romance
1h 30m

Overview

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.

  • Patrice LeconteDirector
  • Serge FrydmanScreenplay
  • Original Title

    La Fille sur le pont

  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    French

Keywords

  • suicide
  • france
  • paris, france
  • gambling
  • circus
  • bridge
  • knife
  • seine
  • knife thrower
  • characters at crossroads
  • unconventional love

Top Billed Cast

Vanessa Paradis

Vanessa Paradis

Adèle

Daniel Auteuil

Daniel Auteuil

Gabor

Demetre Georgalas

Demetre Georgalas

Takis

Catherine Lascault

Catherine Lascault

Irène

Frédéric Pfluger

Contortionist

Isabelle Petit-Jacques

Isabelle Petit-Jacques

Bride

Mireille Mossé

Miss Memory

Didier Lemoine

TGV Ticket Conductor

Bertie Cortez

Kusak

Stéphane Metzger

Stéphane Metzger

Italian Waiter

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