Set against Paris' oldest bridge, the Pont Neuf, while it was closed for repairs, this film is a love story between two young vagrants: Alex, a would be circus performer addicted to alcohol and sedatives and Michele, a painter driven to a life on the streets because of a failed relationship and an affliction which is slowly turning her blind.

Antoine has always been fascinated by a hairdresser's delicate touch, the beguiling perfume, and the enticing figure of a woman with an opulent bosom. After all, he had always known he would marry one, completing his idealized love fantasy.

In a grimy provincial industrial city, a talented but unattractive schoolteacher dreams of an operatic career.

Two teenage best pals attracted to the same boy end up scrambling his life after he walks into a door and is knocked unconscious.

1997 film by Jia Zhangke

A young American studying in Paris in 1968 strikes up a friendship with a French brother and sister. Set against the background of the '68 Paris student riots.

2007 film directed by Li Yu

2000 Chinese film directed by Jia Zhangke