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Lovers on the bridge at AF

‘The Lovers On the Bridge’ (Les amants du pont neuf) directed by Leos Carax will be screened at 3 pm on Tuesday April 6 and at 6.30 pm on April 7 at the Alliance Francaise, Barnes Place, Colombo-7.

This 1991 film starring Juliette Binoche and Denis Lavant is set around the Pont Neuf, Paris’s oldest bridge, while it was closed for repairs. Les Amants du Pont-Neuf depicts a love story between two young vagrants.

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. 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 tries to keep Michèle from becoming 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.

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