Café de Flore (2011)

Director:

Jean-Marc Vallée

Writer:

Jean-Marc Vallée (written by)

Release Date:

18 November 2011 (Canada)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot:

A love story between a man and woman. And between a mother and her son. A mystical and fantastical odyssey on love. |

Plot Keywords:

Love | 1960s | Birth | Mother Son Relationship | Divorced Man

Awards:

9 wins & 19 nominations

Cast

Vanessa Paradis	...	Jacqueline
Kevin Parent	...	Antoine Godin
Hélène Florent	...	Carole
Evelyne Brochu	...	Rose
Marin Gerrier	...	Laurent
Alice Dubois	...	Véronique
Evelyne de la Chenelière	...	Amélie
Michel Dumont	...	Julien Godin
Linda Smith	...	Louise Godin
Joanny Corbeil-Picher	...	Juliette
Rosalie Fortier	...	Angéline
Michel Laperrière	...	Le psychologue
Caroline Bal	...	La mère de Véronique
Nicolas Marié	...	Le père de Véronique
Pascal Elso	...	Paul
Jérôme Kircher	...	Louis
Claire Vernet	...	La directrice d'école
Manon Balthazar	...	L'institutrice
Émile Vallée	...	Antoine (14 ans)
Chanel Fontaine	...	Carole (14 ans)
Emmanuelle Beaugrand-Champagne	...	La médium
Misstress Barbara	...	DJ Piknic Electronik
Luc Raymond	...	DJ Loft
Yves Perreault	...	Lecteur AA
Jean-Marc Vallée	...	Le voisin
Antoine Duchesneau	...	Jeune cousin
Axel Racette	...	Enfant voiture
Caroline Gilbert	...	Mère enfant trisomique
Lucas Bonin	...	Enfant trisomique
Juliette G. Even	...	Nadine
Jonathan De Pinho	...	Garde royal (jeune)
Jean-Pierre Hilaréguy	...	Garde royal
Annick Desmarais	...	Agent de bord
Catherine Laferrière-Faubert	...	L'acupunctrice
Yves Fortin	...	Le photographe du mariage
Franck Mercadal	...	Professeur de diction
Baptiste Delas	...	Charles
Dominique Foure	...	Femme salon de coiffure (as Dominique Fouré)
Fabienne Mésenge	...	Mère du camarade de Laurent
Jean-Yves Roan	...	Le médecin
Richard Chevallier	...	Entraîneur de boxe
Marc Galtié	...	Homme du métro
Catherine Giron	...	Secrétaire de l'école
Raphaël Maillot	...	Laurent (3 mois)
Mathis Caffa	...	Laurent (6 mois)
Tristan Fasquel	...	Laurent (2 ans)
Baptiste Gouwy	...	Laurent (4 ans)
Ulrick Fabrowski	...	Doublure Laurent
Tennessee Maquignon	...	Doublure Véronique
Ophélie Huyet	...	Doublure Carole
Zoé Lamontagne	...	Doublure Amélie
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Yvon Aucoin	...	Jardinier (uncredited)
Julie Baronnie	...	Maman école (uncredited)
Mathieu Dufresne	...	Avocat (uncredited)
Marc Fournier	...	Avocat (uncredited)
Amy Khoury	...	Danseuse (uncredited)
Nicolas Laliberté	...	Jeune cycliste (uncredited)
Johanne Loiselle	...	Postière (uncredited)
Lise Sita	...	Femme (uncredited)

Directed by
Jean-Marc Vallée

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Jean-Marc Vallée		written by

Produced by
Nicolas Coppermann	....	co-producer
Pierre Even	....	producer
Vanessa Fourgeaud	....	co-producer
Nicole Hilaréguy	....	line producer: Canada
Marie-Claude Poulin	....	producer
Jean-Yves Robin	....	co-producer
Marco Stanimirovic	....	line producer: France
Jean-Marc Vallée	....	co-producer

Cinematography by
Pierre Cottereau

Casting by
Constance Demontoy

Production Design by
Patrice Vermette

Set Decoration by
Florence Babin-Beaudry
Genevieve Burt
Guillaume Bédard
Nicolas Clouâtre
Hélène Dubreuil
Julien Fallu
Sylvain Fyfe
Jay Lavigne
Luc Poirier

Costume Design by
Ginette Magny

Makeup Department
Caroline Aquin	....	makeup artist: tattoos, Canada
Frédéric Birault	....	key hair stylist: France
Marianne Bobet	....	daily makeup artist
Sandro Di Gioacchino	....	hair stylist: Canada
Christiane Fattori	....	makeup designer: Canada
Catherine Lahaye	....	makeup artist: Canada
Christine Larocque	....	wig maker: Canada
Frédéric Marin	....	key makeup artist: France
Ghislaine Sant	....	key hair stylist: Canada

Production Management
Adrien Adriaco	....	general manager: France
Aurélien Brie	....	extra assistant unit manager: France
Pierre-Alexandre Casarino	....	extra assistant unit manager: France
Joseph-Antoine Clavet	....	assistant production: Canada
Mathieu Delahousse	....	extra assistant unit manager: France
Térence Desternes	....	extra assistant unit manager: France
Daniel Gendron	....	assistant production: Canada
Nadia Khedaim	....	assistant production: Canada
Patrice Marchand	....	production manager (France)
Yanick Myre	....	assistant production: Canada
Jeneviève Osborne	....	assistant set manager: Canada
Gino Paradis	....	assistant production manager: Canada
Germain Petitclerc	....	set manager: Canada
Jessy Poulin	....	assistant production: Canada
Sebastien Poussard	....	production manager: Canada
Marc Pronovost	....	assistant production: Canada
Pierre Thériault	....	post-production supervisor
Nakkita Toumi	....	assistant production: Canada
Roxanne Vallet	....	assistant unit manager: France

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Kelly-Anne Bonieux	....	assistant director
Alix Croquet	....	additional assistant director
Jeanne Leblanc	....	third assistant director
Gabrielle Mankiewicz	....	additional third assistant director
Julie Navarro	....	first assistant director: Paris
Eric Parenteau	....	first assistant director
Lucie Pelletier	....	second assistant director
Jennifer Peyrot	....	second assistant director: Paris
Leo Rocheblave	....	additional assistant director: Paris
Pascal Salafa	....	first assistant director preparation: Paris

Art Department
Carole Arpin	....	on-set props
Julie Assalet	....	set dresser trainee: Paris
Kali Berthet	....	key painter: Paris
Pascal Bisson	....	carpenter
Pierre-Jean Boissard	....	construction manager: Paris
André Boisvert	....	painter
Nicolas Brechat	....	props: Paris
Gino Carrier	....	carpenter
Benoit Cool	....	carpenter
Philippe De Berger	....	painter
Matthieu Degeorges	....	key carpenter: Paris
Hélène Dubreuil	....	assistant set decorator: Paris
Louis Fortin	....	construction coordinator
Antoine Galinié	....	props: Paris
Stephane Guerreau	....	builder: Paris
Catherine Gélinas	....	key dresser
Martin Handfield	....	on-set property master
Marine Israel	....	first assistant art director: Paris
Geneviève Legault	....	art department coordinator
Hugues Letellier	....	assistant art director
Schéhérazade MacKenzie Main	....	painter: Paris
Antonio Nogueira	....	property manager: Paris
Jean-Francois Poupart	....	graphic designer
Elia Garcia Quijada	....	painter
Julie Robert	....	property master
Katell Rolland	....	builder: Paris
Jérôme Tarby	....	construction coordinator: Paris
Aneymone Wilhelm	....	assistant set decorator trainee: Paris (as Aneymone Wylhem)

Sound Department
Cédric Berger	....	sound trainee: Paris
Blaise Blanchier	....	sound editor
Laurent Bluwal	....	boom operator
Jocelyn Caron	....	foley recordist
Eric Chevallier	....	sound re-recording mixer
Gavin Fernandes	....	re-recording mixer
Natalie Fleurant	....	dialogue editor
Louis Gignac	....	re-recording mixer
Benoit Leduc	....	adr recordist
Simon Meilleur	....	foley artist
Jean Minondo	....	sound
Mireille Morin	....	dialogue editor
Martin Pinsonnault	....	sound
Vincent Riendeau	....	assistant re-recording mixer
Malo Thouément	....	boom operator

Special Effects by
Guillaume Murray	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Stephanie Broussaud	....	colorist assist
Marc Cote	....	visual effects supervisor
Daniel Coupal	....	digital compositor
Claire Coutelle	....	visual effects
Dominic Dauphin	....	digital compositor
Vincent Dudouet	....	digital compositor: Fake Studio
Nicolas Gaffiero	....	cg modeler
Florian Grenier	....	digital compositor
Simon Mercier	....	layout
Veronique Messier Lauzon	....	visual effects coordinator
Cynthia Mourou	....	visual effects producer
Éric Normandin	....	digital artist
Martin Pensa	....	visual effects artist
Luc Sanfaçon	....	visual effects artist
Patrick Tasse	....	digital compositor
Sylvain Theroux	....	visual effects supervisor
Nathalie Tremblay	....	digital compositor
Hubert Zapalowicz	....	digital artist

Stunts
Alexandre Cadieux	....	stunt driver
Jean Frenette	....	stunt coordinator
David Rigby	....	stunt driver

Camera and Electrical Department
Olivia Aravecchia	....	underwater assistant camera
Geoffroy Beauchemin	....	underwater camera operator
Erwan Becquelin	....	key grip: Paris
Stephane Boisvert	....	second generator operator
Loïc Bouladjat	....	electrician
Simon Chanvillard	....	additional electrician: Paris
Jocelyn Spronken Forget	....	grip
Francis Gemme-Jolicoeur	....	generator operator
Johan Le Ruz	....	second assistant camera: Paris
Jean Legrand	....	first assistant camera: Paris
Marc Lemieux	....	second assistant camera
Alexandre Marien	....	best boy electric
Nicolas Mignot	....	best boy grip
Catherine Motard	....	assistant camera
Henri Normand	....	additional electrician
Guillaume Parisien	....	first assistant camera
Yanka Pelletier	....	key grip
Olivier Pilorget	....	key electrician: Paris
Sébastien Raymond	....	still photographer
Benoît Sévigny	....	chief lighting technician
Nicolas Tardif	....	additional electrician
Martin Vaillancourt	....	grip
Patrice Vermette	....	additional photography

Casting Department
Emmanuelle Beaugrand-Champagne	....	casting director: Canada
Nathalie Boutrie	....	casting director: Canada
Julie Breton	....	extras casting
Béatriz Coutrot	....	child casting: Paris
Constance Demontoy	....	casting director: France

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Annemarie Aird	....	costumer (as Anne-Marie Aird)
Sophia Begny	....	costume trainee: Paris
Pauline Berland	....	dresser: Paris
Pauline Besnier	....	dresser: Paris
Caroline Bréard	....	costumer
Suzanne Canuel	....	costumes coordinator
Catherine Gélinas	....	key dresser
Martine Picard	....	extras dresser

Editorial Department
Alexis Cadorette-Vigneau	....	technical supervisor
Martin Pensa	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Lucie Bourgouin	....	music rights clearance

Transportation Department
Luc Poirier	....	vehicle coordinator

Other crew
Guy Aumond	....	production accountant
Sylvie Benavides	....	first assistant accountant
Laurent Boye-Guérin	....	international festival publicity team: Telefilm Canada (as Laurent Boye)
Mark Chikhani	....	assistant location manager: Montreal
Philippe Fendt	....	assistant to Vanessa Paradis: Paris
Jeannette Garcia	....	assistant to producer
Fabienne Guicheneuy	....	location scout: Paris
Jean-Pierre Hilareguy	....	guard
Lucile Hochdoerefer	....	researcher
Charlene Hodge	....	first accounting assistant
Chantal Huet	....	accounting administrator
Pamela Juteau	....	production secretary
Alexandre Lacasse	....	set runner
Michel Lam	....	making-of
Mélanie Lessard	....	location unit manager: Canada
Valérie Letarte	....	web team: Kngfu
Philippe Letode	....	location scout: Paris
René Lopez	....	craft service
Lisa Lê	....	assistant craft service
Emilie Maison	....	press attache
Mona Medawar	....	script supervisor
Pierre Mongrain	....	location unit manager: Canada
France Pelchat	....	assistant location manager
Johanne Pelletier	....	production coordinator
Sébastien Proulx	....	set runner
Fauve Raby-Tassé	....	assistant craft service
Luc Raymond	....	consultant: rave
Christel Richer	....	production runner
Roca	....	consultant: jewelry
Marie-Hélène Viens	....	intern

Thanks
Sylvain Lebel	....	special thanks
Denis O'Sullivan	....	special thanks
Nathan Ross	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Item 7
• Monkey Pack Films
• Banque Postale Image 4 (in association with)
• Canal+ (with the participation of)
• Ciné+ (with the participation of)
• Coficup (in association with)
• Crazy Films
• Soficinéma 7 (in association with)

Distributors

• Alliance Vivafilm (2011) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Adopt Films (2012) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Atlantic Film (2012) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Cinéart (2012) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Cinéart (2012) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Filmcoopi Zürich (2012) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Icon Film Distribution (2012) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Thim Film (2012) (Austria) (theatrical)
• UGC Distribution (2012) (France) (theatrical)
• Bir Film (2012) (Turkey) (all media)
• Cinemax (2012) (Hungary) (TV)
• Fandango (2012) (Italy) (all media)
• Film1 (2013) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Golem Distribución (2012) (Spain) (all media)
• Seven Films (2012) (Greece) (all media)
• TF1 Films International (2012) (France) (all media)
• Twin Pics (2012) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Fake Studio (VFX)

Other Companies

• Bons Petits Plats  catering
• Charcuterie de France  catering
• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• Fonds Quebecor  funding
• Goldcrest Post Production London  sound post-production
• Kngfu  web design
• Société de Développement des Entreprises Culturelles (SODEC)  funding
• Téléfilm Canada  funding

Also Known As:

Runtime:

120 min

Country:

Canada | France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Canada:G (Québec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Ireland:15A | Australia:MA15+ | South Korea:18

Filming Locations:

Cafe Olimpico - 124 Rue St-Viateur Ouest, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Company:

Item 7

Trivia:

Director and writer Jean-Marc Vallée originally wanted Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" as part of the film's soundtrack, however while Jimmy Page eventually agreed to its use, Robert Plant nixed the idea.

Quotes:

La médium:The meeting of twin flames is when the soul finds its other half on the path homeward, to the source.The cycle of reincarnation ends. It's the final relationship that leads to unity.

Soundtrack:

Svefn-g-englar

A heartbreaking and redeeming look at love. Elegantly executed.

Amazing. Amazing. Amazing. I usually dislike indie films and their lack of plot (Las Acacias) or often, even endings.

This was a real movie, about real emotions, and really imperfect individuals. Beautiful energy as added with the music, the emotions were aptly and strongly felt with its aid.

The subplot of past lives makes one wonder whether or not one believes in it, and if so how much? Just breathtaking. Even if you don't love it as much as I do, it is a worthy film worth viewing and giving an open hearted chance to. Who knows? You might be moved, you hard nosed cynicist, you :)