Films Christian Fechner

The hairdresser's husband: Antoine fulfills his lifelong fantasy of marrying a hairdresser, which he has dreamed of since he was a child. Yvonne's perfume: French expatriate Victor falls in love with Yvonne, an aspiring actress. Half a chance: Alice is released from prison and goes on an adventure with two men, one of whom she believes may be her father. Girl on the bridge: Knife-thrower Gabor saves Adèle from jumping off a bridge and convinces...

Paris' oldest bridge, the Pont Neuf, is home to one-eyed artist Michele and alcoholic street performer Alex. It is also their stage as they break up and get back together in increasingly explosive reunions.

Vanessa Paradis stars as the alienated and angry Marie, living as a smart aleck teenage street hustler, burdened by the rage brought upon by the suicide of her emotionally fragile mother, Élisa. Marie's fury inspires her to track down and kill the man who abandoned her and her mother in the first place, her father Jacques. What unfolds is a poignant and desperate plea for tolerance and acceptance, where tragedy and angst can unwind and be replaced...