At the Cannes festival in 1990 Christian Fechner allocated 70 million francs in order to finish the film . Unable to find financing partners , he provided his own money , purchasing both rights and debts of the picture . The picture was finished on 22 December 1990 and premiered out of competition at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival before arriving in French theatres on 17 October 1991 . The film had 867,197 Admissions in France where it was the 34th highest earning film of 1991 . Carax 's most successful film to date
1991 Cannes Film Festival
1991 Cannes Film Festival
Les Amants du Pont-Neuf