La fille sur le
pont (1999)
- Director: Patrice Leconte
- Based on the book: no
- Cast: Vanessa Paradis, Daniel Auteuil
- Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
- Vanessa Paradis – ‘Joe le taxi’ video
- Daniel Auteuil – Caché, La Reine Margot, Jean de Florette 1&2
- Why? Mixed it up with another film, but which one I have no idea.
- Seen: 4 April 2020
Adele (Paradis) is an unhappy young woman
with a lifetime of bad luck and a persistent inability to say no to men. She decides
to jump off a bridge but she fails even that because she’s fished out by the eccentric
and cynical knife-thrower Gabor (Auteuil) who needs someone to throw knives at.
She goes along with it because he convinces her she’s lucky.
It’s an utterly charming fable with
adorable (I’m sorry, that’s the only appropriate word) performances by Paradis
and Auteuil, all the better for being in black and white.
What a happy mistake, buying this film
instead of whatever I thought it was.
5
* of 5
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