The Girl on the Bridge

Mar 31, 1999

1h 30m

★ 7.0

Overview

It's night on a Paris bridge. A girl leans over Seine River with tears in her eyes and a violent yearning to drown her sorrows. Out of nowhere someone takes an interest in her. He is Gabor, a knife thrower who needs a human target for his show. The girl, Adele, has never been lucky and nowhere else to go. So she follows him. They travel along the northern bank of the Mediterranean to perform.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

UGCF

Les Films Christian Fechner

Sofica Sofinergie 5

Canal+

France 2 Cinéma

Alfa Film

Notos Film

The Girl on the Bridge Trailers

Cast

Adèle

Vanessa Paradis

Gabor

Daniel Auteuil

Takis

Demetre Georgalas

Irène

Catherine Lascault

Contortionist

Frédéric Pfluger

Bride

Isabelle Petit-Jacques

Miss Memory

Mireille Mossé

TGV Ticket Conductor

Didier Lemoine

Kusak

Bertie Cortez

Italian Waiter

Stéphane Metzger

Suicide Victim

Claude Aufaure

TGV Waiter

Farouk Bermouga

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