Film and Television Appearances
Due to its recognizable nature, the bridge has been featured in numerous films and television shows:
- Le Pont des Arts is a French film directed by Eugène Green, with Natacha Régnier and Denis Podalydès. The film is a love story which tells the impossible tale of two youths who have never before met. The action unrolls in Paris between 1979 and 1980, in other words it occurs during the collapsing of the bridge. The film was presented in 2004 at the 57th Locarno International Film Festival.
- It is featured in the 2001 French film Amelie, in the scene where Amelie has her revelation and decides to do good deeds for people who merit it.
- It is featured in the last episode of Sex and the City.
- It is featured on the August 3, 2011 episode of The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.
- In 2010 some Gossip Girl episodes took place at the bridge
- The commercial of 'Tresor" by Lancôme directed by Peter Lindbergh and starring Kate Winslet was filmed there.
- It is featured In 2010 in the American remake of the French movie "LOL : Laughing Out Loud" with Miley Cyrus and Demi Moore.
- It is featured in the 1932 French movie "Boudu Sauvé Des Eaux" with Michel Simon.
- It is mentioned in the 2011 computer animated feature A Monster in Paris.
- It appears in the French reality television show, Amazing Race, where teams had to perform a task there.
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