The Lovers on the Bridge : Jacob Burns Film Center

Leos Carax’s delirious saga of “l’amour fou” burns with an intoxicating stylistic freedom as it traces the highs and lows of the passionate relationship that develops between a homeless artist (Juliette Binoche) who is losing her sight and a troubled, alcoholic street performer (Denis Lavant) living on Paris’s famed Pont-Neuf bridge. Capturing their romantic abandon with a giddy expressionist energy (especially in a wild dance sequence set against an explosion of fireworks) this whirlwind love story is an exhilarating journey through a relationship that confirmed Carax’s status as one of the leading lights of the post–New Wave French cinema.

This 4K restoration was carried out by TransPerfect Media from the original 35mm film negative and multi tracks. Color grading supervised by Caroline Champetier, sound by Thomas Guader. Project supervised by Sophie Boyer, Jean Pierre Boiget and the StudioCanal team. Digitization and restoration done with the support of the CNC and the participation of Theo Films.

"A go-for-broke dazzler that takes constant chances, dares to go over the top, indulges in one anticlimactic scene after another only to make such risks pay off all the more at the finish... Bravura barely begins to describe Carax’s kinetic style, his skills as a storyteller or his ability to wring the most out of his actors."
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times

"The scenes of Revolutionary celebration—dripping waterfalls of fire, the Seine as angry as open sea, the camera jumping up and down like an excited child—have no equal in recent cinema. It is as though Michele [played by Juliette Binoche], not Carax, were directing the film: losing her sight, and quickly grabbing a glimpse of colour and wildness before they go for good."
Anthony Lane, Independent (UK)

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