The read
It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
It's night on a Paris bridge. A girl leans over Seine River with tears in her eyes and a violent yearning to drown her sorrows. Out of nowhere someone takes an interest in her. He is Gabor, a knife thrower who needs a human target for his show. The girl, Adele, has never been lucky and nowhere else to go. So she follows him. They travel along the northern bank of the Mediterranean to perform.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes88%
Metacritic75/100
239 audience votes
Key crew
- Patrice LeconteDirector
- Serge FrydmanScreenplay
Cast
- Vanessa ParadisAdèle
- Daniel AuteuilGabor
- Demetre GeorgalasTakis
- Catherine LascaultIrène
- Frédéric PflugerContortionist
- Isabelle Petit-JacquesBride
- Mireille MosséMiss Memory
- Didier LemoineTGV Ticket Conductor
- Bertie CortezKusak
- Stéphane MetzgerItalian Waiter
- Claude AufaureSuicide Victim
- Farouk BermougaTGV Waiter
Stills
Themes
suicidefranceparis, francegamblingcircusathens, greecebridgeknifeseineistanbul, turkeyknife throwerunconventional love