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The Fiancés of Macdonald Bridge

65% | Jan 01, 1961 | Comedy, Romance

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.

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Agnès Varda
Director
Agnès Varda
Writer

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Anna Karina
Anna, The Blonde Girl
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Jean-Luc Godard
Man with the Black Glasses
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Emilienne Caille
Black Fiancée
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Eddie Constantine
The Sprinkler
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Sami Frey
Undertaker

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