The Girl on the Bridge () is a 1999 French drama film shot in black and white and directed by Patrice Leconte, starring Daniel Auteuil and Vanessa Paradis. Plot After an interview sequence with a girl, the plot centres around knifethrower Gabor (Auteuil) and the girl, called Adèle (Paradis), whom he meets as she prepares to kill herself by jumping from a bridge. Gabor intervenes to prevent the suicide and persuades Adèle to become the target girl in his knifethrowing act. The film then follows their relationship as they travel to Monaco then into Italy and onto a cruise ship with their act. Their companionship and teamwork mean great luck for both of them. Then they get separated, she to Greece and he to Turkey, and their lives once again become luckless. The film ends on a bridge in Istanbul, this time with her saving him from suicide. Cast Vanessa Paradis as Adèle Daniel Auteuil as Gabor Frédéric Pfluger as Contortionist Demetre Georgalas as Takis Catherine Lascault as Irène Isabelle Petit-Jacques as Bride Mireille Mossé as Miss Memory Didier Lemoine as TGV ticket conductor Mylène Farmer (uncredited guest appearance in a hallway and beside the stage) Bertie Cortez as Kusak Stéphane Metzger as Italian waiter Claude Aufaure as Suicide victim Farouk Bermouga as TGV waiter Nicolas Donato as Mr. Loyal Enzo Etokyo as Italian megaphone Giorgios Gatzios as Barker Music The soundtrack consists entirely of existing music, with Who Will Take My Dreams Away by Marianne Faithfull, I'm sorry by Brenda Lee and Goodbye in a version of Benny Goodman recurring during the film. Other music includes other numbers by Benny Goodman and Noro Morales, Festival in Valencia by Charles Smitton, Italian music by the Orchestra Secondo Casadei, Turkish music from the Istanbul Oriental Ensemble, and the Austrian National Anthem. Release The film grossed 22.6 million Franc ($3.4 million) in France. Paramount Classics acquired the United States distribution rights to this film and gave it a limited U.S. theatrical release on July 28, 2000; the film went on to gross $1,708,839 in U.S. theaters, which was a good result for a non-English film. Ruth Vitale (president of Paramount Classics at that time) declared herself pleased with the film's performance in the U.S. market. However, Paramount did not release the film on DVD until July 2008. Daniel Auteuil won a César as best actor for his role in 2000, and a