The Girl on the Bridge 1999  R, 92 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Comedy / Romance
Director: Patrice Leconte
Cast: Vanessa Paradis, Daniel Auteuil, Frederic Pfluger, Demetre Georgalas, Catherine Lascault, Isabelle Petit-Jacques, Mireille Mosse, Didier Lemoine, Bertie Cortez, Stephane Metzger, Claude Aufaure, Farouk Bermouga, Nicolas Donato, Enzo Etokyo, Giorgios Gatzios
Desperately in need of rescue, the romantically disillusioned Adele (Vanessa Paradis) is saved by Gabor (Daniel Auteuil) one night on a Paris bridge as she contemplates suicide. Gabor offers her an opportunity to become part of his knife-throwing act, and, together, they become soul mates in this emotional romantic comedy that does not necessarily have a happy ending. In French.
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 Intimate Strangers 2004 R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Patrice Leconte
Cast: Sandrine Bonnaire, Fabrice Luchini, Michel Duchaussoy, Anne Brochet, Gilbert Melki, Laurent Gamelon, Helene Surgere, Urbain Cancelier, Isabelle Petit-Jacques, Veronique Kapoyan
Thinking she is at her theripist's office, Anna (Sandrine Bonnaire) enters the wrong office and tells her life secrets to financial advisor William Faber (Fabrice Luchini). Faber finds her fascinating and plays along.
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The Man on the Train 2002  R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Patrice Leconte
Cast: Jean Rochefort, Johnny Hallyday, Jean-Francois Stevenin, Isabelle Petit-Jacques, Charlie Nelson, Pascal Parmentier, Edith Scob, Maurice Chevit, Riton Liebman, Elsa Duclot
Two very different strangers–retired teacher Manesquier (Jean Rochefort) and aging gangster Milan (Johnny Hallyday)–meet in a small, French town. Manesquier invites Milan (who has just arrived on the train) to his home for the weekend. They become close, each admiring facets of the other's life but knowing that they have destinies to meet and that they will soon part.
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| 1. The Girl on the Bridge (1999)
2. Intimate Strangers (2004)
3. The Man on the Train (2002)
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