''Le Pont des Arts'' is a 2004 French drama film directed by

Eugène Green Eugène Green (born 28 June 1947) is a U.S.-born French film-maker and dramatist. He is notable as an educator, training a generation of young actors in the revival of French baroque theatre technique and declamation. Films * 2001 : ''Toutes ...

, starring

Natacha Régnier Nathalie "Natacha" Régnier (born 11 April 1974) is a Belgian actress. She received a Cannes Film Festival Award, a European Film Award, and a César Award for her role in the 1998 film ''The Dreamlife of Angels''. Régnier is the first Belgia ...

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 The Pont des Arts or Passerelle des Arts is a pedestrian bridge in Paris which crosses the River Seine. It links the Institut de France and the central square (''cour carrée'') of the Palais du Louvre, (which had been termed the "Palais des Art ...

, so that is the only way he can be with her too. The action unrolls in Paris between 1979 and 1980,

Cast

- Sarah Dacruon * Adrien Michaux - Pascal *

Alexis Loret Alexis Loret (born 10 January 1975) is a French film and television actor. Devoting himself initially to cabinetmaking, he became a model, and was noticed by André Téchiné. Selected filmography *'' Alice et Martin'' (''Alice and Martin'') ( ...

- Manuel *

Jérémie Renier (; born 6 January 1981) is a Belgian actor. His film debut was in the critically praised (1996), directed by the Dardenne brothers. He became better known to worldwide audiences in ''Brotherhood of the Wolf'' (2001) and (2005). The latter ...

- Cédric *

Denis Podalydès Denis Podalydès (born 22 April 1963) is a French actor and scriptwriter of Greek descent. Podalydès has appeared in more than 140 films and television shows since 1989. He starred in '' The Officers' Ward'', which was entered into the 2001 Can ...

- Guigui, l'Innomable *

Olivier Gourmet Olivier Gourmet (born 22 July 1963) is a Belgian actor. Gourmet was born in Namur. He won the Best Actor award at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival for his role in '' Le Fils'' by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. He also appeared in ''La Promesse'' ...

- J☆ean-Astolphe Méréville * Joséphine Bouvet Sandrine * Robert Capovilla- Tenore *

Pierre Samuel Pierre Samuel (12 September 1921 – 23 August 2009) was a French mathematician, known for his work in commutative algebra and its applications to algebraic geometry. The two-volume work ''Commutative Algebra'' that he wrote with Oscar Zariski ...

secondo Tenore * Xavier Clion Baritorno Basso

References

External links

* * 2004 films 2004 drama films French drama films 2000s French films {{2000s-France-film-stub