Packet 4: Tossup 12

Note to players: Specific term required, in either English or the native language. In a film titled for this sort of person, the female lead nearly drowned during a scene in which her character water skis behind a stolen boat. That film titled for this sort of person, whose budget ballooned due to the costs of building a replica of the title structure, climaxes with a dance scene set to music by Public Enemy and Johann Strauss during a fireworks display. (15[1])To address an obscenity (15[2])accusation against a 1958 film titled for this sort of person, Potter Stewart remarked (*) “I know it when I see it” in his (10[1])opinion on the Supreme (-5[1])Court case (-5[1])Jacobellis v. Ohio. (10[1])The star of that Louis Malle (“mal”) film, Jeanne Moreau (“zhun mo-ROH”), narrates a 1992 film titled for this sort of person in which (10[1])Tony Leung Ka-fai plays a Chinese businessman (10[1])who seduced Marguerite Duras (10[1]-5[1])(“dew-ROSS”). For (10[1])10 points, (10[3])the title of a 1991 Leos Carax film describes the protagonists as what sort of people “on the [Pont-Neuf] (10[1])bridge”? ■END■ (10[1]0[3])

ANSWER: lovers [or amants; accept The Lover or L’Amant; accept The Lovers or Les amants; accept The Lovers on the Bridge or Les Amants du Pont-Neuf or Lovers on the Ninth Bridge]
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Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Superpower %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
2025 Absolute Cinema - Canada2025-11-08250%0%50%0%84.00
2025 Absolute Cinema - Chicago Open2025-11-085100%0%0%20%138.40
2025 Absolute Cinema - Minnesota2025-11-08250%0%0%50%170.00
2025 Absolute Cinema - Online (1)2025-11-083100%0%33%0%124.00
2025 Absolute Cinema - Online (2)2025-11-16580%0%20%20%131.50