This romance unfolds in an unusual way. “Alex” (Denis Lavant), living as a homeless man on the Pont Neuf bridge while it's being repaired, scrapes by with drugs and alcohol, having few connections beyond his dealer. One night he finds a woman already sleeping there. "Hans" (Klaus-Michael Grüber) intends to have her gone by morning, but when that day arrives, “Alex” learns that “Michèle” (Juliet Binoche) is an artist …