La Fille sur Le Pont (The Girl on The Bridge) 

I watched the most captivating film today. I haven't enjoyed any films in quite some time but this one really knocked my socks off. Whoever can make knife throwing look like having sex certainly has my attention! Vanessa Paradis really gives this film its cutting sexual edge. Directed by Patrice Laconte (1999) the film stars the hopeless Paradis searching for something for than a meaningless romp. After sucking up a wealth of temporary lovers she finds herself on a bridge tempting fate. Patrice Laconte goes out on a limb to remind us that "we always think that luck is what we don't have." 

Thank God Laconte managed to give us an unconventional love story that will make you reconsider your attitude on life, love and luck without the gaudy "Eat, Pray, Love" attitude. Definitely worth at least one watch. Even if it's just to see what Vanessa Paradis looks like underneath the sheets... 

The trailer doesn't give the film any justice, but here it is anyway!