THE LOVERS ON THE BRIDGE (LES AMANTS DU PONT-NEUF)

France | 1991 | DCP | 129 min. | French with English subtitles
Director: Leos Carax
Cast: Juliette Binoche, Denis Lavant, Edith Scob

One of the great films of the 1990s, this delirious love story from the director of Holy Motors follows a pair of homeless artists camped out on Paris’s Pont Neuf bridge. Stars Juliette Binoche and Denis Lavant fully inhabit these star-crossed tramps, giving exuberantly physical performances that match the highwire energy of the film’s show-stopping setpieces—not least an unforgettable fireworks display. Notorious during production for its budget-busting, schedule-flouting shoot that effectively derailed Carax’s career, this freewheeling knockout leaves it all on the screen in a blaze of glory. A new 4K DCP restoration will be screened.