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Actors: Daniel Auteuil, Vanessa Paradis
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Girl On The Bridge |
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GIRL ON THE BRIDGE (La Fille sur le Pont) is a French movie directed by Patrice Leconte in 1999. Daniel Auteuil earned in 2000 the French Academy award in the Best Actor category for this movie.
Adèle is on the verge of committing suicide from a bridge when Gabor, a knife thrower, arrives and tries to dissuade her from jumping. Gabor saves her life. Gabor offers her a job as the moving target. Soon, their act becomes widely known and they perform in the casinos of France, Monte-Carlo and Italy.
But Adèle goes on searching for the Prince Charming and sleeps with any good-looking man coming close to her while Gabor is little-by-little falling in love with her. Although she has also told Gabor she's attracted by him, she will finally abandon her partner when she meets a wealthy young Greek who attended their show. But their separation is also the end of the exceptional period of luck both have lived for a few weeks; Adèle is soon abandoned in a Greek island and Gabor, after having injured his new partner with a knife, is living like a hobo in Istanbul, Turkey.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Girl On The Bridge |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- boatload of casual sex without love
Lover is...
- totally uninterested
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- artist
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair style
- (woman) short/butch/lez
Body type
- (woman) average
Unclothed?
- very tight clothes
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
- Italy
- Turkey
Water?
Yes
Water:
- pleasure/love boat
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- thoughtful
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- actual description of sex
Check here if B&W
Yes
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- French
Subtitles?
- Yes
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Modern rock/pop
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