Vanessa Paradis Movie:

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		MPAA Rating: R (Restricted) Media: DVD

Editorial Review:
Great Britain released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada. Languages: o English (subtitles) o French (Dolby Digital 5.1) Maybe it's the fact that star Vanessa Paradis was once a model for Chanel, but the arty black-and-white film Girl on the Bridge has the look and feel of a TV commercial for Calvin Klein's Eternity. This is not to mock acclaimed French director Patrice Leconte, who also directed Monsieur Hire (1989) and The Hairdresser's Husband (1990), but rather to suggest that everything he films is awash in stylized beauty -- even the grizzled Daniel Autueil is suffused with erotic mystery under Leconte's lens. Autueil and Paradis, the latter a French singing superstar known in the United States as Johnny Depp's love interest, forge a soulful bond that carries this flight of fancy, which moves from one exotic locale to the next in casting its dreamy spell. While the film is essentially lighthearted, and often quite funny, Paradis does some impressive work in a weightier opening scene in which she recounts her sad history to an offscreen interviewer. Autueil, one of France's richest acting treasures, matches his usual high standards as the aging knife-thrower who saves Paradis' Adele from suicide. Because nearly every man who meets Adele is instantly smitten, Autueil's Gabor is refreshing in his unwillingness to claim ownership over his stage partner. It is her decision whether to reciprocate his platonic love or to continue on her prior ill-fated path. Theirs is an affair expressed through the one-on-one intimacy of their stage act, which is shot with such fetishistic intensity that it's sexier than most physical love scenes. Special Features: o Interactive Menu o Scene Access o Trailer(s)

La Fille sur le pont [Region 2] Reviews:
VHS technology on DVD
2009-10-08 - A very good movie -- too bad that this region 1 DVD (released July 1,
2008) is exactly the same thing as the previously available VHS tape:
white English subtitles (non-removable) are printed over the video
frame (often impossible to read when it is white on white).

The soundtrack is original French.
There are no other options or features on this DVD.



An amazing movie
2009-09-28 - One of the best movies I've ever seen.

Unfortunately, it was not released on DVD...

Hard to watch
2009-04-28 - Ignoring the various implications of the interesting plot, one is forced to endure numerous scenes of sharp knives being thrown at writhing young women, always missing by just a hair. Over and over, these scenes play out until, inevitably, one knife goes astray into the leg of one of the women, not the main character. Fortunately, the film is b&w, so the blood is somewhat less nauseating to have to see. Beyond that, if you can stand it, the film is very beautifully shot, while the subject matter concerns love and its many meanings. French, very.

Love it!!!
2009-03-03 - I first rented this movie via netflix and loved it so much I just knew I had to have the DVD for my collection. A classic

Another Stylish Film From Patrice Leconte
2009-02-12 - Here's another very, very different movie. The dialog is quite different and so is the fact that it's a modern movie filmed in black-and-white. It is part romance, comedy and drama.

The camera-work is excellent, but that's no surprise considering Patrice Leconte is the director. He's my favorite European director because his films are visual feasts. His facial closeups and different camera angles are fascinating.

Vanessa Paradis is captivating as the female lead character "Adele." She's unusual in that she has a very pretty face but horrible teeth! It's tough not to focus on both the face and teeth at the same time. The dialog between her and "Gabor" (Daniel Auteuil) is different, at least for me as an American. I think the French have a totally different sense of humor....and are superstitious, big-time.

I wish the tape had been dubbed, so I could have concentrated more on the great visuals instead of having to read the subtitles. However, at least a DVD was finally released in Region I in 2008.