Fresh
In the rarefied stratosphere of Eugene Green's film Le Pont des Arts, music, literature, philosophy and aesthetics, and the characters' engagement with them, are literally matters of life and death.
Stephen Holden, New York Times
Overview
The film is a love story which tells the impossible tale of two youths who have never before met. The action unrolls in Paris between 1979 and 1980.
Director and cast
- Eugène Green Director
- Natacha Régnier as Sarah Dacruon
- Adrien Michaux as Pascal
- Alexis Loret as Manuel
- Denis Podalydès as Guigui, alias l'Innomable
- Olivier Gourmet as Jean-Astolphe Méréville
- Camille Carraz as Christine
- Jérémie Renier as Cédric
- Christelle Prot as La femme kurde
- Julia Gros de Gasquet as La professoresse de surréalisme
- Benjamin Lazar as Michel
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Fresh
Rapturously beautiful.
David Ng, Village Voice
Fresh
Both lushly romantic and intellectually rigorous.
Leslie Felperin, Variety
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