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Fiancés on the Bridge

1962 · 5 min

A playful, bittersweet five-minute trifle that turns a lovers' parting into a wry joke about seeing the world through dark glasses.

Directed by
Agnès Varda
Genres
Comedy, Romance
Starring
Anna Karina, Jean-Luc Godard, Emilienne Caille
Overview
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.

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Directed by
Agnès Varda
Genres
Comedy, Romance
Starring
Anna Karina, Jean-Luc Godard, Emilienne Caille
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    Pacing
    brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • love
    • fate
    • death
    Places
    • big city
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    teen
    Form
    • twist ending
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
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    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror1
    Humour6
    Realism6
    Romance6
    Tension3
    Darkness4
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight4

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    Genres
    comedy, romance
    Directed by
    Agnès Varda
    Written by
    Agnès Varda
    Starring
    Anna Karina, Jean-Luc Godard, Emilienne Caille, Eddie Constantine, Sami Frey, Georges de Beauregard, Danièle Delorme, Yves Robert
    Music
    Michel Legrand
    Cinematography
    Jean Rabier
    Runtime
    5 min
    Country
    France
    Languages
    No Language

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