Pärt & Film 2021: Les Amants du Pont-Neuf

The eleventh edition of the Arvo Pärt Centre's film evenings will take place from August 13 - 15. 2021.

13.08 at 19.00
"The Lovers on the Bridge" / "Les Amants du Pont-Neuf"
1991, France
Director Leos Carax

The film takes place around the oldest bridge in Paris, the Pont-Neuf, where a love story unfolds between two homeless youngsters, Alex (Denis Lavant) and Michéle (Juliette Binoche). Alex is a street artist who lives with his older homeless companion Hans under the Pont-Neuf, which is being renovated. Michéle is a painter from a wealthy family who finds herself on the streets due to a failed relationship and an illness that threatens to leave her blind.

This story of Parisian street artists is by far the most popular and well-known work by the award-winning director Leos Carax. In addition to music by Iggy Pop, David Bowie, Public Enemy, Britten, Strauss and Shostakovich, Arvo Pärt’s “Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten” is heard in this film. The film, which premiered 30 years ago, was the first high-budget and high-caliber work to use Arvo Pärt’s music and thus reached a wider audience than the music community. In the year of the screening, the film attracted almost 900,000 viewers to cinemas in France alone and, of course, this film – which defined the 1990s – was followed by wide video distribution.

Film will be screened in original language (French) with Estonian subtitles.

Pricing
Limited number of tickets 7€/5€/10€ are available through Fienta or at the center's information desk.

NB! Due to the increased risk of the virus, entrance to the film evenings is allowed only by presenting a vaccination certificate or a negative COVID test. The PCR test must not be older than 72 hours before the event, the validity of the rapid test is 48 hours. Please bring your ID with you.

Children under the age of 18 are not required to provide a certificate.

There is no on-site rapid testing!

Let’s keep our health and the health of others!

Other screenings at Arvo Pärt Centre:
14.08 at 17.00
"Sweet Thing"
2020, USA
Director Alexandre Rockwell
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15.08 at 15.00
"Mountain"
2017, Austraalia
Dircetor Jennifer Peedom
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