The Girl on the Bridge

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The Girl on the Bridge

R,

1999,

1h 32m,

Romance/

Comedy

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One chilly night, on a Paris bridge, a girl leans out over the Seine with tears in her eyes, contemplating the icy waters below. Suddenly, a stranger with a penetrating gaze emerges out of the darkness, a man who will change her life. It is Gabor, a once brilliant but now fading performer in need of a partner. He has set his sights on this luckless but oddly alluring Adele, a girl with nowhere to go who is shifting nervously on the edge of a decision.

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Jan 1, 2000

3.5/4

What's best about the movie is its playfulness.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Aug 1, 2024

3/4

It isn’t quite a comedy, isn’t quite a love story, and isn’t quite a melodrama. In fact, part of the appeal of Girl on the Bridge is that it’s difficult to pigeonhole.

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

Aug 21, 2022

4/5

A very well-written and well conceived picture with a lot of heart simmering under the surface.

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Felicia Feaster

Creative Loafing

Feb 3, 2020

Girl on the Bridge is pure, buttery fantasy with all the attendant empty calories.

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Walter Chaw

Film Freak Central

Dec 11, 2008

3.5/4

A lovely, hopelessly romantic little bauble that catches the light no matter how you turn it.

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Mark Halverson

Sacramento News & Review

Aug 7, 2008

3/5

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Anakin P

Sep 25, 2018

Just loved that movie. Beautiful well written story of luck, love and destiny. Vanessa Paradis is perfect for the part with a lot of texture, giving the character of Adele a range from sexy vamp to clumsy ingenue, sometimes candid, light and funny, other times almost neurotic and instable. Unltimately it's a feel good movie but not in the way you'd necessarily expect. There is a good life lesson to take from it too.

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Anakin W

Apr 14, 2018

Splendid movie. I would lie if I didn't say that I was enormously charmed and enchanted by the knife-throwing scenes with the accompaniment of the beautiful song 'Who Will Take My Dreams Away'. A very strong movie which elicits strong emotions and a pensive mood, but it's a good kind of mood. I was quite surprised that a movie shot in such a rapid succession of shots can create such a mood. Performances are high level, especially by Daniel Auteuil; the chemistry between him and Paradis is complete.

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Patrice Leconte

Director

Daniel Auteuil

Gabor

Vanessa Paradis

Adele

Demetre Georgalas

Takis

Isabelle Petit-Jacques

Bride

Frederic Pfluger

Contortionist

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Synopsis

One chilly night, on a Paris bridge, a girl leans out over the Seine with tears in her eyes, contemplating the icy waters below. Suddenly, a stranger with a penetrating gaze emerges out of the darkness, a man who will change her life. It is Gabor, a once brilliant but now fading performer in need of a partner. He has set his sights on this luckless but oddly alluring Adele, a girl with nowhere to go who is shifting nervously on the edge of a decision.

Director: Patrice Leconte
Producer: Christian Fechner
Screenwriter: Serge Frydman
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Sofica Sofinergie 5, UGCF, Le Studio Canal +, France 2 Cinema, Films Christian Fechner [fr]
Rating: R (Sexuality)
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Original Language: Canadian French
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 31, 1999, Original
Release Date (DVD): Jan 6, 2009
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.7M
Runtime: 1h 32m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital, DTS, Surround
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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