The Girl on the Bridge
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La fille sur le pont | |
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Directed by | Patrice Leconte |
Produced by | Christian Fechner |
Written by | Serge Frydman |
Starring | Vanessa Paradis Daniel Auteuil |
Cinematography | Jean-Marie Dreujou |
Editing by | Joëlle Hache |
Distributed by | UGC-Fox Distribution (UFD) |
Release date(s) | 1999 |
Running time | 90 min. |
Country | France |
Language | French |
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The Girl on the Bridge (French: La fille sur le pont) is a French film released in 1999, directed by Patrice Leconte, starring Daniel Auteuil and Vanessa Paradis.
The plot centres around knifethrower Gabor (Auteuil) and a girl called Adèle (Paradis), who intends to kill herself by jumping from a bridge. Gabor intervenes to prevent the suicide and persuades Adèle to become the target girl in his knifethrowing act. The film then follows their relationship as they travel around Europe with the act.
[edit] Cast
- Vanessa Paradis as Adèle
- Daniel Auteuil as Gabor
- Frédéric Pfluger as Contortionist
- Demetre Georgalas as Takis
- Catherine Lascault as Irene
- Isabelle Petit-Jacques as Bride
- Mireille Mossé as Miss Memory
- Didier Lemoine as TGV ticket conductor
- Bertie Cortez as Kusak
- Stéphane Metzger as Italian waiter
- Claude Aufaure as Suicide victim
- Farouk Bermouga as TGV waiter
- Nicolas Donato as Mr. Loyal
- Enzo Etokyo as Italian megaphone
- Giorgios Gatzios as Barker