Le pont du Nord (1981)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Jacques Rivette

Writers:

Bulle Ogier (scenario) and
Pascale Ogier (scenario) ...

Release Date:

24 March 1982 (France)

Genre:

Comedy | Fantasy | Mystery

Plot Keywords:

Dragon | Paris France | Maze | Paris | Bridge

Cast

Bulle Ogier	...	Marie
Pascale Ogier	...	Baptiste
Pierre Clémenti	...	Julien
Jean-François Stévenin	...	Max
Benjamin Baltimore	...	Le Max au couteau
Steve Baës	...	Le Max au manteau
Joe Dann	...	Le joueur de bonneteau
Mathieu Schiffman	...	Un Hongrois
Antoine Gurevitch	...	Trois garçons
Julien Lidsky	...	Trois garçons
Marc Truscelli	...	Trois garçons

Runtime:

France:129 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Company:

Les Films du Losange

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Cinéma, de notre temps: Jacques Rivette - Le veilleur" (1990)

Soundtrack:

Violentango

Mysterious and fascinating city of Paris...

This is one of the most fascinating films I've ever seen. Since then, I became a serious devotee of the director Jacques Rivette, the most important filmmaker among late/post nouvelle vauge other than Eric Rohmer. While borrowing the main two characters from Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, they are trailing the city as if they were exploring inside the shell of a snail, which the city is actually constructed. The film shows you amazing scenery of Paris, absolutely not in a touristic sense. In this film, Bulle Ogier co-worked with her daughter Pascale Ogier, who played the heroine in "Les Nuits de la pleine lune" by Eric Rohmer, another unforgettable film and suddenly passed away at the age of 24, right after the film was released.