Product Information
The story of a couple of young people living on the streets of Paris, in time they become totally dependant on each other. French dialogue with subtitles.Product Identifiers
ProducerChristian Fechner
EAN5027035002026
eBay Product ID (ePID)3957422
Product Key Features
ActorEdith Scob, Denis Lavant, Juliette Binoche
Film/TV TitleLes Amants Du Pont-Neuf
DirectorLeos Carax
LanguageFrench
Subtitle LanguageEnglish
Run Time120 Mins
Aspect Ratio16:9 Wide Screen
Release Year2001
FormatDVD
FeaturesMoving Menus\Filmography for Main Cast and Director\Chapter Point Access, Widescreen, With Subtitles
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
Certificate15
Country/Region of ManufactureFrance
Additional InformationIn building a replica of the famed Parisian Pont-Neuf bridge, Carax's film became the most expensive French film ever produced, up to that point. This budget controversy threatened to overshadow the film itself, which has slowly begun to garner the proper recognition it deserves (thanks to Martin Scorsese and Miramax's American rerelease in the summer of '99). Lavant portrays Alex, a drug-addicted, fire eating homeless man who lives on the deserted bridge, which is being restored for the French Revolution Bicentennial Celebration. When Michele stumbles into his life, a desperate, passionate relationship unfolds. Michele is an artist who is losing her eyesight due to a bizarre disease. But plot isn't the issue here. The sheer visual spectacle is. Shifting from brutal documentary to romantic melodrama to surrealism, Carax's THE LOVERS ON THE BRIDGE is an electric, powerful, poetic picture.
Sound sourceDolby Digital 2.0
EditorNelly Quettier
Movie/TV TitleLes Amants Du Pont-Neuf
Director of PhotographyJean-Yves Escoffier