Summaries

One night, a fading entertainer intervenes when a woman contemplates suicide, beginning a strange, unpredictable relationship.

It's night on a Paris bridge. A girl leans over Seine River with tears in her eyes and a violent yearning to drown her sorrows. Out of nowhere someone takes an interest in her. He is Gabor, a knife thrower who needs a human target for his show. The girl, Adele, has never been lucky and nowhere else to go. So she follows him. They travel along the northern bank of the Mediterranean to perform and in the process win a big fortune through gambling. Although both of them continue a platonic relationship, the sex-starved girl attempts to sleep with handsome guys she encounters throughout the journey. Finally, Adele falls in love with a newly-wed groom and both of them elope to Greece, while Gabor is stuck in Turkey. Then Adele is dumped by the groom. Only by now both Gabor and Adele realize that luck isn't with them unless they get together again. But both of them are so broke that they can't even feed themselves, let alone getting back to Paris and reunite...—L.H. Wong <[email protected]>

Details

Keywords
  • france
  • woman
  • greece
  • tears
  • seine
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • Romance
Release date Mar 30, 1999
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) R
Countries of origin France
Official sites Paramount Classics
Language Italian French Turkish Greek
Filming locations Istanbul, Turkey
Production companies Canal+ France 2 Cinéma Les Films Christian Fechner

Box office

Gross US & Canada $1708496
Opening weekend US & Canada $66567

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 30m
Color Black and White
Sound mix DTS Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio 2.39 : 1

Synopsis

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