Girl on the Bridge - Region 1 DVD

Foreign [1969 - current] (32 items)
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A beautiful young girl, Adele, flits from one tragic situation to the next, seemingly all stemming from her bad luck. One day, she decides to jump off a bridge and end it all. She's saved by an older man, Gabor, who is a knife thrower. He convinces her she has good luck and that together, they can work together in his act. They work several increasingly dangerous shows, each increasing the intensi... read more

Description: Daniel Auteuil and sexy Vanessa Paradis charm in this funny and intriguing twist on Boy Meets Girl. A beautiful waif (Paradis) is prepared to leap to her death in the Seine but is rescued from her grim fate by a raffish carnival knife thrower (Auteuil, in a performance that won him a Cesar Award for Best Actor). Lovely, quirky, winsome and erotic, this fairytale vision from director Patrice Leconte (Monsieur Hire) is a romance so captivating, you won't want it to end! Daniel Auteuil and sexy Vanessa Paradis charm in this funny and intriguing twist on Boy Meets Girl. A beautiful waif (Paradis) is prepared to leap to her death in the Seine but is rescued from her grim fate by a raffish carnival knife thrower (Auteuil, in a performance that won him a Cesar Award for Best Actor). Lovely, quirky, winsome and erotic, this fairytale vision from director Patrice Leconte (Monsieur Hire) is a romance so captivating, you won't want it to end! ... (more) (less)