Girl on the Bridge

For the 1951 film, see The Girl on the Bridge (1951 film).

Girl on the Bridge
United States theatrical poster
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	Paramount Classics(USA)
Release date(s)	July 28, 2000 (2000-07-28)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Box office	$1,708,839

Girl on the Bridge (French: La fille sur le pont) is a 1999 French film shot in black and white and directed by Patrice Leconte, starring Daniel Auteuil and Vanessa Paradis.

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Release
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

Plot

The plot centres around knifethrower Gabor (Auteuil) and a girl called Adèle (Paradis), who intends to kill herself by jumping from a bridge. Gabor, who may also be about to jump from the bridge, 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. Their companionship and teamwork mean great luck for both of them. Then they get separated and their lives once again become luckless. The film ends on a bridge in Istanbul, this time with her saving him from suicide.

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
Mylène Farmer as Irene (uncredited guest appearance in a hallway and beside the stage)
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

Release

Paramount Classics acquired the United States distribution rights to this film and gave it a limited U.S. theatrical release on July 28, 2000; the film went on to gross $1,708,839 in U.S. theaters,^[1] which was a good result for a non-English film. Ruth Vitale (president of Paramount Classics at that time) declared herself pleased with the film's performance in the U.S. market.^[2] However, Paramount did not release the film on DVD until July 2008.

References

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External links

Girl on the Bridge at the Internet Movie Database
Girl on the Bridge at Rotten Tomatoes
Official Site (US)

Films directed by Patrice Leconte

Feature	Les vécés étaient fermés de l'interieur Les Bronzés Les Bronzés font du ski Viens chez moi, j'habite chez une copine Ma femme s'appelle reviens Circulez y a rien à voir! Les Spécialistes Tandem Monsieur Hire The Hairdresser's Husband Tango Yvonne's Perfume Les grands ducs Ridicule Une chance sur deux Girl on the Bridge The Widow of Saint-Pierre Felix and Lola Love Street The Man on the Train Intimate Strangers Dogora: Ouvrons les yeux Les Bronzés 3 : Amis pour la vie My Best Friend Beauties at War

Short	L'espace vital Le laboratoire de l'angoisse La famille heureuse (Famille Gazul) Pour Alexandre Goldovitch, URSS Le Batteur Du Boléro La Ciotat 1996 Trac

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