The Bridge (Un pont entre deux rives) 24 years old

The Bridge

Actor Gerard Depardieu co-directed this drama about a married woman who falls in love with another man. Mina is a movie buff with a husband, Georges, who's out of work, and a 15-year-old son, Tommy. While Mina works part-time as a domestic for Claire Daboval, the family is terribly short on money, so when Georges is offered construction work on a massive bridge project, he immediately accepts, even though the job site is far enough away that he'll only be able to come home on weekends. One day, while taking in a matinee screening of West Side Story, Mina meets a man named Matthias, an engineer associated with the bridge project. It's love at first sight for the both of them, and while Mina has no desire to hurt Georges, who is a good and decent man, she has found another good and decent man whom she loves even more. Tommy, on the other hand, has to deal with this crisis in his parents' marriage while he's sorting out his own infatuation with Ms. Daboval's daughter, Lisbeth.

Credits

The Bridge Cast

Name Character
Gérard Depardieu He was 50, now 75 years old as Georges
Mélanie Laurent She was 16, now 41 years old as Lisbeth
Dominique Reymond She was 42, now 67 years old as Claire Daboval
Carole Bouquet She was 41, now 66 years old as Mina
Charles Berling He was 41, now 66 years old as Matthias
Stanislas Forlani He was 16, now 41 years old as Tommy

The Bridge Crew

Name Department
François Dupeyron as Writer. He was 48 (65) years old when He died Writing
Gérard Depardieu as Director. He was 50 (now 75) years old Directing
The Bridge poster
The Bridge (24 years)

  • Release day: Tuesday, April 06, 1999
  • Runtime: 135 minutes