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The Bridge (1999) [N/A]

Release Date:
April 6, 1999

Original Title:
Un pont entre deux rives

Genres:
Drama | Romance

Production Countries:
France

Ratings / Certifications:
FR: U 

Runtime: 95

Overview from TheMovieDB

Mina is a movie buff with a husband, Georges, who's out of work, and a 15-year-old son, Tommy. While Mina works part-time as a domestic for Claire Daboval, the family is terribly short on money, so when Georges is offered construction work on a massive bridge project, he immediately accepts, even though the job site is far away. One day, while taking in a matinee screening of West Side Story, Mina meets a man named Matthias, an engineer associated with the bridge project. It's love at first sight for the both of them, and while Mina has no desire to hurt Georges, who is a good and decent man, she has found another good and decent man whom she loves even more. Tommy, on the other hand, has to deal with this crisis in his parents' marriage while he's sorting out his own infatuation with Ms. Daboval's daughter, Lisbeth.

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Production

Casting:
Frédérique Moidon

Costume Design:
Tom Rand

Director:
Gérard Depardieu
Frédéric Auburtin

Director of Photography:
Pascal Ridao

Editor:
Noëlle Boisson

Executive Producer:
Jacques Bar

Foley Artist:
Jérôme Lévy

Foley Recordist:
Eric Ferret

Hairstylist:
Jacqueline Stuffel

Key Hair Stylist:
Catherine Leblanc

Key Makeup Artist:
Jacques Clemente
Lydia Pujols

Makeup Artist:
Isabelle Saintive

Novel:
Alain Leblanc

Original Music Composer:
Frédéric Auburtin

Producer:
Gérard Depardieu

Production Design:
Michèle Abbé-Vannier

Sound:
Jacques Lévy

Sound Editor:
Jean-Christophe Winding

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Gérard Lamps

Writer:
François Dupeyron

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