Frech director Leos Carax's 'Les Amants du Pont-Neuf' ( The Lovers on the Bridge), an imaginative and provocative film will be screened at 3 pm on Tuesday November 11 at the Alliance Francaise, Barnes Places, Colombo- 7.

Alex, a street performer addicted to alcohol and sedatives and Michèle, a painter driven to a life on the streets because of a failed relationship and a disease which is slowly destroying her sight. This French film sensations of the 1990s set around the Pont Neuf, Paris's oldest bridge, while it was closed for repairs and depicts a love story between two young vagrants.

'Les Amants du Pont-Neuf' revolves around a young man with mental problems, Alex, returns from a homeless shelter to his beloved Pont-Neuf in Paris. There he discovers Michèle, a distraught young woman, sleeping in his patch. Michèle ran away from home after breaking up with her boyfriend and when she discovered she had an eye disease which was sending her blind. With no money, no job, no home, the two youngsters suddenly discover happiness and enjoy a whirlwind romance. Then Michèle discovers that her eyesight can be saved, but Alex cannot bring himself to let her go.

The film portrays their harsh existence living on the bridge with Hans, an older vagrant. As her vision deteriorates Michèle becomes increasingly dependent on Alex. When a possible treatment becomes available, Michèle's family use street posters and radio appeals to trace her. Fearing that she will leave him if she receives the treatment Alex attempts make sure Michèle does not become aware of her family's attempts to find her.

The streets, skies and waterways of Paris are used as a backdrop for the story in a series of set-pieces set during the French Bicentennial celebrations in 1989.