If you loved Holy Motors, try The Lovers on the Bridge

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. The Lovers on the Bridge has roughly 3.3× fewer votes than Holy Motors — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Both films are directed by Leos Carax, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Holy Motors, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

What The Lovers on the Bridge is

Some found family in the Pont Neuf's scaffolding, but Alex's acts were less trapeze than teetering. A pair of lost souls on Paris's oldest bridge pretend the world's stage is still theirs. Their dance ends when the scaffolding comes down, not the romance.

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