I don't know, maybe it's just me, I expected another kind of film. What I thought this was all about was another study in the inexplicable nature of Love. The movie is partly about this, and partly a dream-like journey in the search of Luck. After the first half-hour,which is very,very good,quirky,funny,touching,the film loses it, everything remains pleasant enough,but really nothing special, I'm afraid... What I liked about FSLP,and was quite taken by surprise,was Vanessa Paradis. Not only she's achingly beautiful - but we knew this already,didn't we? - but she's very good as well: her initial monologue left me quite stunned.. Other things I liked:1)Daniel Auteuil - Always heard of him, but never saw anything with him, until today. He is very, very good. 2)The relationship existing between the 2 leads - They're distant,yet so close...3)The Cinematography - the movie is shot in b&w, quite nice indeed One more thing:we soon understand that for the 2 characters the act of knife-throwing is kinda like having sex. Fine, I thought, that's an interesting idea. But the director works upon this too much,and it rapidly becomes boring. In short, not a bad film, the 2 leads are quite wonderful, but I expected something else. Rating:6
Review of La fille sur le pont
