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Fiancés on the Bridge

Fiancés on the Bridge (1961)

0h 5m | PG-13

⭐ 6.5 / 10

A subtitle warns, "beware of dark sunglasses." Anna and her lover, whose looks in bowler and bow tie are reminiscent of a young Buster Keaton, kiss chastely on a bridge overlooking the Seine. He dons sunglasses and waves as she runs down a stairway to the river's edge, then watches in horror as she's knocked flat and loaded into the back of a hearse. In vain, he gives chase. Disconsolate, he buys a large funeral wreath and a handkerchief from sympathetic vendors. He removes the glasses to wipe his eyes and realizes they are the cause of all his woe. He replays the farewell without the glasses.

Director: Agnès Varda

Studio: Rome-Paris Films

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Video: 720p

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Cast

Anna Karina

Anna Karina

as Anna, The Blonde Girl

Jean-Luc Godard

Jean-Luc Godard

as Man with the Black Glasses

Emilienne Caille

Emilienne Caille

as Black Fiancée

Eddie Constantine

Eddie Constantine

as The Sprinkler

Sami Frey

Sami Frey

as Undertaker

Georges de Beauregard

Georges de Beauregard

as Hearse and Ambulance Driver