Speed Cinema Screenings: The Lovers on the Bridge 9/20/25 3PM

“A go-for-broke dazzler.”—Los Angeles Times

Leos Carax’s delirious saga of l’amour fou burns with an intoxicating stylistic freedom as it traces the highs and lows of the passionate relationship that develops between a homeless artist (Juliette Binoche) who is losing her sight and a troubled, alcoholic street performer (Denis Lavant) living on Paris’s famed Pont-Neuf bridge. 

Capturing their romantic abandon with a giddy expressionist energy—especially in a wild dance sequence set against an explosion of fireworks— this whirlwind love story is an exhilarating journey through a relationship that confirmed Carax’s status as one of the leading lights of the post–New Wave French cinema. 1991, France, 4K DCP, in French with English subtitles, 126 minutes. Recommended for 16+