Les Amants du Pont Neuf

Les Amants du PontNeuf French pronunciationlezam dy p nf is a 1991 French film directed by Leos Carax, starring Juliette Binoche and Denis Lavant. The title refers to the Pont Neuf bridge in Paris. The DVD of the film is released under its French title in the UK, as The Lovers on the Bridge in North America, and, in a mistranslation of the original title, as Lovers on the Ninth Bridge instead of Lovers on the New Bridge in Australia.

Guitons documentary notes that from the outset Leos Carax wanted to make a simple film, originally talking about doing it with a small team, in black and white and via Super 8. His first movie Boy Meets Girl had been a small affair, whereas Mauvais Sang had been considerably larger and more costly, albeit more successful at the boxoffice.From the start, basing a movie on a public bridge in the centre of Paris was complicated. The production team wanted to block off the bridge formonths. This was immediately deemed impractical, and the creation of a model was proposed and created by the set designer Michel Vandestein. Initially the intention was to film the daylight scenes on the actual bridge, and the night time scenes on the simplified model. At this point the budget of betweenandmillion francs had to be adjusted bymillion. A search for locations across Europe ended up back in France the town of Lansargues, in the department of Hrault in southern France. Construction began. ........

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