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The Lovers on the Bridge
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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780788819216
Format: Color, Dubbed, Subtitled, NTSC
ISBN: 0788819216
Label: Miramax
Languages: English (Subtitled),
Manufacturer: Miramax
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Miramax
Release Date: September 19, 2000
Running Time: 126 minutes
Studio: Miramax
Theatrical Release Date: July 02, 1999
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Editorial Review:
How can a movie be so ludicrous and so ecstatic at the same time? The Lovers on the Bridge stars Juliette Binoche as a street person (there, in a nutshell, is the ludicrous part) who was formerly an artist, but began to go blind and whose life fell apart as a result. She hooks up with a homeless street performer (Denis Lavant) who lives on a bridge in the middle of Paris that has been cordoned off for repairs. He falls madly in love with her; she can't bear the thought of being close to anyone. Both are more than a little irrational. But this banal scenario is merely the pretext for a series of lush and stunning images--including midnight water-skiing, fireworks displays, wandering through falling snow, burning posters in subway tunnels--and richly committed performances from the actors. It's not quite as overwhelming on video as it is on a movie screen, but there's such a gushing of emotional images that it's hard to resist the angst and yearning passion. Though the film dives into some cliches, it manages to avoid others; when Binoche's wealthy family starts looking for her, a frightened Lavant tries to keep her hidden away, and you really don't know whether their relationship can possibly survive. An unusual and sweeping film--and an example of the power of visual images to create a state of rapture. --Bret Fetzer
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Nobody loves you when you're down and out
I found this early work of Juliet Binoche to be both intriguing, very credible but a bit over the top. This is a reluctant love story to say the least but the selection of three odd bods as characters to highlight the problems of homelessness in modern urban societies is a very real device indeed.
Viewers may wish to watch this in conjunction with Subway, to gain a little different perspective. I think that the thematic element of art which ties all three together acts to expose the ... Read More
Rating:  - Tries too hard to be artistic
Late one night I happened to be flipping through channels with my boyfriend when we stopped at the Independant Film Channel to watch what we thought would be an amusing French movie (The Lovers on the Bridge). We were not intrigued by the dramatic plot the info box on the tv told us, we were rather drawn into the film by the ridiculous plot it had. "A blind artist falls in love with a homeless man on a bridge in France," sounds like a winner, so we left the channel on even though the movie was partly ... Read More
Rating:  - Essential French cinema: Carax's 'Les Amants du Pont-Neuf .'
This is a love story that will taunt you, challenging your notions of both love and homelessness. It is a love story you won't soon forget. With his films Boy Meets Girl (1984), Mauvais Sang (1986), The Lovers on the Bridge (1991), Pola X X (2000), and Process (2005), the French film director, Leos Carax (1960) established a cult following with his poetic film style and depictions of tortured love. Set around Pont Neuf bridge while closed to the public and under repair, and using the Paris streets, ... Read More
Rating: - jazzman
Oh, it's unforgettable all right. Without a doubt, the weirdest movie I
have ever seen. Repulsive and nauseating as well. I actually threw up
after enduring this pretentious piece of crap from (SHOCK!) France. One
disgusting, weird scene after another, after another. And the film is FULL
of lies. The French have come up with their share of cinematic turkeys
before, but this thing sets a whole new standard. How about homeless,
drunk idiots water skiing with fireworks ... Read More
Rating: - Crazed and self-destructive.
"Lovers On The Bridge" is notorious, but not very popular. It caused a big scandal in France, not because of its content, but because of the caprices of its director Leos Carax. Much of the film takes place on the Pont-Neuf bridge in Paris, and Carax demanded to be allowed to film right on the bridge. So, the bridge was closed off just for him, and even then he couldn't finish filming. After he was kicked out, he built a life-size model of the bridge and part of its surroundings, somewhere in the countryside, ... Read More
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