Bertie Cortez, Catherine Lascault, Daniel Auteuil
Adele, a 22-year-old with a history of bad luck and abusive relationships with men, is contemplating suicide on the edge of a bridge when she encounters Gabor, a professional knife thrower who just ha...( read more
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DVD Release Date: July 29, 2008
Stats: 428 reviews
A charming and romantic film. It's shot with such wonderful precision, no shot is wasted. The black and white photography gives it a softer feel. The real brilliance comes in the romantic elements being downplayed. It's the kind of love that is mostly friendship, but could tip ov...( read more)
A beautiful film. The conversation between Adele and Gabor when separated is wonderfully done, Auteuil was hillariously witty, the black and white effect was stunningly used and the ending was superbyl underdone.
An unknown highlight of 1990s French cinema by the great Patrice Leconte. A flamboyant, theatrical, speculative and goofy film about a reckless, chaste, tragic love affair and an exploration of love, luck, and telepathy. Quite a rarity in French film: a smart, funny and touching ...( read more)
a dark fantasy about love and luck; it's funny, sexy and wildly romantic. my new favorite 'chick flick.' i didn't like the ending at first but that's just the cynic in me. gorgeous black and white cinematography and lovely soundtrack
This is a great movie. A very touching story of Adele, a sad young woman with a uncontrollable tendency to run away with men who inevitably hurt her, and Gabor, a knife thrower with a sorrowful past. Filmed in black and white, The Girl on the Bridge is beautiful, but its narrat...( read more)
Vanessa Paradi trying to jump form a bridge mmm Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi...
Cute movie. Amazing how your life can change if you meet the right knife-thrower.
As someone who doesn't believe in luck in a magical sense, I wish the film had not relied so heavily on that theme. However, it was a very nicely done film otherwise. The acting was superb.
Where do I begin with this movie... Although there were some of the same ole predictable boring things that have appeared in countless other stories, this movie is a thousand times different than any of those same ole predictable stories. This movie charmed me and left me spell b...( read more)
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