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The Lovers on the Bridge

The Lovers on the Bridge

7.4/ 10

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1991

Release Year

126 min

Runtime

Drama
Romance

Overview

Set against Paris' oldest bridge, the Pont Neuf, while it was closed for repairs, this film is a love story between two young vagrants: Alex, a would be circus performer addicted to alcohol and sedatives and Michele, a painter driven to a life on the streets because of a failed relationship and an affliction which is slowly turning her blind.

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Keywords

prison
loss of eyesight
homeless person
paris, france
subway
fireworks
artist
bridge
tramp
seine
self-inflicted injury
fire-eater
romance
snow
unlikely romance
cheerful

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

January 25, 2026

7
7/10

As romances go, they don’t come a lot less orthodox than this one. “Alex” (Denis Lavant) is a vagrant who finds a berth of a night on the Pont Neuf over the Seine that has been closed for renovation. He survives on a diet of drugs and alcohol and has no real friends beyond his dealer on the bridge.

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