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  • He said to himself that he was probably in the sewer des Halles; that if he were to choose the path to the left and follow the slope, he would arrive, in less than a quarter of an hour, at some mouth on the Seine between the Pont au Change and the Pont-Neuf, that is to say, he would make his appearance in broad daylight on the most densely peopled spot in Paris.

    Les Miserables, Volume V, Jean Valjean 1862

  • He said to himself that he was probably in the sewer des Halles; that if he were to choose the path to the left and follow the slope, he would arrive, in less than a quarter of an hour, at some mouth on the Seine between the Pont au Change and the Pont-Neuf, that is to say, he would make his appearance in broad daylight on the most densely peopled spot in Paris.

    Les Misérables Victor Hugo 1843

  • But it's true a patch does bestow a buccaneering air on, for example, Snake Plissken, or Bond villain Emilio Largo, or Les Amants du Pont-Neuf's Michèle Juliet Binoche who goes one-eyed water-skiing down the Seine.

    Anne Billson – Cutter's Way and the great tradition of the film eyepatch 2011

  • She made two films with the French director Léos Carax, Mauvais sang (1986; Bad Blood) and Les Amants du Pont-Neuf (1991; Lovers on the Pont-Neuf), over the next few years.

    Five People Born on March 9 | myFiveBest 2010

  • But it's true a patch does bestow a buccaneering air on, for example, Snake Plissken, or Bond villain Emilio Largo, or Les Amants du Pont-Neuf's Michèle Juliet Binoche who goes one-eyed water-skiing down the Seine.

    Anne Billson – Cutter's Way and the great tradition of the film eyepatch 2011

  • Some years later, as a result of an accident on the Pont-Neuf in which her carriageoverturned, Mme. de Rothe, by now a widow of thirty-nine, met the elderly but spry duc de Richelieu, or, rather, he met her, and soon afterwards proposed marriage.

    Oui, comme mon mari disait à Louis XIV 2009

  • Besides, she had prior commitments to Mr. Kieslowski's "Three Colors: Blue" and Leos Carax's extravagant epic, "Les amants du Pont-Neuf."

    Venturing Into the Unknown 2010

  • In other massive projects, Jean Claude and Christo wrapped up world monuments, such as the Pont-Neuf in Paris to look almost like gifts.

    CNN Transcript Nov 29, 2009 2009

  • Law was promulgated in Athens nearly as in Paris we sing an air on the Pont-Neuf.

    A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

  • Not mentioned so far (assuming I can read): When the Cat's Away, Nelly et Monsieur Arnaud, Full Moon in Paris (plus n more Rohmer films, probably), Lovers on the Bridge ("Pont-Neuf" in the French title, I believe), Belle de Jour.

    The best movies set in Paris. Ann Althouse 2005

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