The Lovers on the Bridge

  • Drama
  • Romance
10/16/1991
126
R

Romance... In a most unlikely place.

Set against Paris' oldest bridge, the Pont Neuf, while it was closed for repairs, this film is a love story between two young vagrants: Alex, a would be circus performer addicted to alcohol and sedatives and Michele, a painter driven to a life on the streets because of a failed relationship and an affliction which is slowly turning her blind.

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  • Geronimo1967

    As romances go, they dont come a lot less orthodox than this one. Alex (Denis Lavant) is a vagrant who finds a berth of a night on the Pont Neuf over the Seine that has been closed for renovation. He survives on a diet of drugs and alcohol and has no real friends beyond his dealer on the bridge. One night he discovers a woman sleeping in his spot. Neither man knows quite how she got there, but Hans (Klaus-Michael Grüber) vows to send her packing next morning. When that time comes, however, Alex discovers that Michèle (Juliet Binoche) is not only an artist, but that she has sketched him too. He wants that drawing, and she agrees if he will pose for a proper one. Thats the start of a relationship that reveals to him that she has a degenerativ...

    January 25, 2026

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