Monteverdi and Paris

Just a year ago an American expat, Eugene Green, released a UFO in the cinematic world. A film celebrating the most famous Parisian pedestrian bridge in its title through a love story betwen two people who never meet. A student in French literature at the Sorbonne listens to a Baroque vocal piece composed by Monteverdi when his wife died ("Lamento della Ninfa") and falls in love with the soprano voice. A love letter to Paris, Le Pont des Arts is striking by its constant use of a very formal and high-flying French in the most quotidian situations and conversations.

Il y a tout juste un an un expatrie americain, Eugene Green, realisait un OVNI dans le monde du cinema. Un film fetant dans son titre le plus celebre des ponts de Paris au travers d'une histoire d'amour antre deux personnes qui jamais ne se rencontrent. Un etudiant de litterature en Sorbonne ecoute un morceau baroque compose par Monteverdi pour sa femme defunte et tombe amoureux de la voix. Lettre d'amour pour Paris, Le Pont des Arts frappe par son usage constant d'un francais chatie et soutenu dans les situations et les conversations les plus banales.