Fiancés on the Bridge (1962)

Fiancés on the Bridge

1962

Comedy Romance

Synopsis

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.

Credits

Director

Agnès Varda

Cast

Alan Scott as Sailor

Anna Karina as Anna, The Blonde Girl

Danièle Delorme as Flowers Vendor

Eddie Constantine as The Sprinkler

Emilienne Caille as Black Fiancée

Georges de Beauregard as Hearse and Ambulance Driver

Jean-Claude Brialy as Nurse

Jean-Luc Godard as Man with the Black Glasses