The Fiancés of Macdonald Bridge
MovieTitle | Les fiancés du pont Mac Donald ou (Méfiez-vous des lunettes noires) |
User score | 6.5 |
Release date | Jan 1, 1961 |
Genre | Comedy, Romance |
Director | Agnès Varda |
Production country | France |
Production companies | Rome-Paris Films |
Run time | 5 min. |
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.