Le Pont des Arts

{{short description|2004 film}}

{{About|the film|the bridge|Pont des Arts}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Le Pont des Arts

| image =

| director = Eugène Green

| producer =

| writer =

| starring = Natacha Régnier
Adrien Michaux

| cinematography =

| music = Vincent Dumestre

| country = France

| language = French

| runtime = 126 minutes

| released = {{Film date|2004|08||LIFF}}

}}

Le Pont des Arts is a 2004 French drama film directed by Eugène Green, starring Natacha Régnier.{{cite news |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/2004/11/09/le-pont-des-arts-par-dela-la-mort-deux-amants-unis-par-la-voix_386419_1819218.html |title="Le Pont des Arts": Par-delà la mort, deux amants unis par la voix |work=Le Monde |date=9 November 2004 |accessdate=2020-04-16 }}

Plot

The story is of a young man who falls in love with and finds the whole meaning of his life contained in a young woman who sings a baroque lament on record. He discovers she committed suicide from the Pont des Arts, so that is the only way he can be with her too. The action unrolls in Paris between 1979 and 1980,{{cite news |last=Holden |first=Stephen |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/20/movies/a-leap-with-music-into-the-seine-of-art.html |title=Film Review: A Leap, With Music, Into the Seine of Art |work=The New York Times |date=9 January 2006 |accessdate=2020-04-16 }}

Cast

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