French Film The Lovers on the Bridge at OKCMOA
Screening in a dazzling new 4K restoration, this audacious, breathlessly romantic, Jean Vigo-inspired drama from French writer-director Leos Carax (Holy Motors) traces the relationship between a young painter with failing eyesight (Juliette Binoche) and a troubled street performer (Denis Lavant) living on Paris's Pont-Neuf bridge.
In French with English subtitles. (126 minutes)
“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.” – Janus Films