LE PONT DES ARTS
by Eugène Green
synopsis
Paris, 1979 - 1980. Pascal resolutely delays getting his philosophy thesis underway. Christine, his girlfriend, can't understand his casual attitude. Sarah is a singer in a baroque trio and dedicates herself to her art. Manuel, her boyfriend, tries to support her. The trio conceive future projects together, in particular an event based around Monteverdi. Directed by the Innommable, the trio's musician, a man as cruel as he is arrogant, Sarah devotes herself body and soul to the recording of "Lamento dela Ninfa." The disc is released and achieves considerable success. Christine gives it to Pascal for Christmas; he discovers and is delighted by Sarah's voice. Sarah continues her work sessions with the Innommable, but he is increasingly humiliating and violent. She finally gives up. Pascal progressively sinks into a torpor and melancholy and can no longer stand being with Christine. She leaves him. Both marked in the same way by misfortune, intimately linked by music, Sarah and Pascal lose themselves in a shared dream. But how long will it last?
original title: | Le Pont des arts |
country: | France |
sales agent: | Roissy Films |
year: | 2004 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Eugène Green |
film run: | 126' |
release date: | FR 10/11/2004 |
screenplay: | Eugène Green |
cast: | Natacha Régnier, Adrien Michaux, Denis Podalydès, Olivier Gourmet, Alexis Loret, Camille Carraz |
cinematography by: | Raphaël O'Byrne |
film editing: | Jean-François Elie |
art director: | Pierre Bouillon |
costumes designer: | Agnès Noden |
music: | Claudio Monteverdi |
producer: | Martine de Clermont-Tonnerre |
production: | MACT Productions |
distributor: | Pierre Grise Distribution |