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SummaryA girl on a bridge who contemplates suicide is met by a professional knife thrower. He recruits her to become the new human target in his travelling circus act in France, where the girl encounters a new sensual and suspenseful lifestyle.

Directed By:Patrice Leconte

Written By:Serge Frydman

Girl on the Bridge

Metascore
Generally Favorable
75
User score
Generally Favorable
8.0
My Score

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Metascore
Generally Favorable
75
84% Positive
26 Reviews
16% Mixed
5 Reviews
0% Negative
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100
Variety
The gleefully assured tale of a professional knife-thrower who finds a quirky new target... hits the bull's-eye.
By Lisa Nesselson
FULL REVIEW
88
Chicago Sun-Times
What's best about the movie is its playfulness.
75
New York Post
Leconte turns up the erotic heat in the most gorgeously photographed black-and-white film since Wim Wenders' sublime "Wings of Desire."
72
Mr. Showbiz
(Paradis) delivers what might be the most affecting film performance ever given by a supermodel.
63
Miami Herald
As the sexual tension builds -- and it becomes intense, culminating in a highly suggestive knife-throwing scene more erotic than if the actors had been having explicit physical contact -- Girl takes you on a thrilling ride.
40
Dallas Observer
This elegant vision of sexual roles is certain to make a lasting impression and is likely to provoke explosive dialogues in Denny's and sidewalk cafés from here to Monaco.
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User score
Generally Favorable
8.0
89% Positive
8 Ratings
11% Mixed
1 Rating
0% Negative
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Feb 18, 2012
9
LFL
Gorgeously shot, quirky, romantic, unconventional love story. I loved it to bits because it was so different from anything I've seen before, although it has a French new wave 1960s influence.
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Production Company:
  • Canal+
  • France 2 Cinéma
  • Les Films Christian Fechner
  • Sofica Sofinergie 5
  • UGCF
Release Date:Jul 28, 2000
Duration:1 h 30 m
Rating:R

Awards

Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
César Awards, France
• 1 Win & 8 Nominations
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
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