Café de flore (2011)

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

Director:

Jean-Marc Vallée

Writer:

Jean-Marc Vallée

Stars:

Vanessa Paradis, Kevin Parent, Hélène Florent

9 wins & 19 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Vanessa Paradis	...	Jacqueline / Laurent's mother
Kevin Parent	...	Antoine Godin
Hélène Florent	...	Carole / Antoine's ex-wife
Evelyne Brochu	...	Rose / Antoine's girlfriend
Marin Gerrier	...	Laurent / Jacqueline's son
Alice Dubois	...	Véronique / Laurent's girlfriend
Evelyne de la Chenelière	...	Amélie / Carole's friend
Michel Dumont	...	Julien Godin
Linda E. Smith	...	Louise Godin (as Linda Smith)
Joanny Corbeil-Picher	...	Juliette
Rosalie Fortier	...	Angéline
Michel Laperrière	...	Le psychologue / The psychologist
Caroline Bal	...	La mère de Véronique / Véronique's mother
Nicolas Marié	...	Le père de Véronique / Véronique's father
Pascal Elso	...	Paul / hairdresser

Storyline

A love story about people separated by time and place but connected in profound and mysterious ways. Atmospheric, fantastical, tragic and hopeful, the film chronicles the parallel fates of Jacqueline, a young mother with a disabled son in 1960s Paris, and Antoine, a recently divorced, successful DJ in present day Montreal. What binds the two stories together is love - euphoric, obsessive, tragic, youthful, timeless love. In 1960s Paris, a working class woman gives birth to her first child, Laurent - a Down Syndrome son. Undaunted she embraces the challenge of raising her beloved offspring as normally as one would any other child. Her husband abandons them both. She bravely brushes this additional hiccup aside as Laurent replaces her spouse as the perfect man of her dreams. As Laurent approaches school age Jacqueline's aplomb becomes obsessive and cloying. Her increasingly self-destructive attachment to her son is raised to a fever pitch when, at the age of seven, he meets a Down ...

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Plot Keywords:

oral sex | sex in shower | cunnilingus | female frontal nudity | sex scene | 

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Taglines:

Healing a broken heart isn't easy. Sometimes it takes a lifetime...or two.

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

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.

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Quotes

Antoine Godin: Do you believe in soulmates? I do. I like the concept that there is somebody who is supposed to be with you forever.

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Soundtracks

Faith
Written by Laurence Tolhurst, Simon Gallup, Robert Smith (as Robert James Smith)
Universal Music Publishing
Performed by The Cure
Authorised by Universal Music Group

User Reviews

Love Stroy at its Best!

Café de Flore- Catch It (A-) Café de Floreis a beautiful French movie about LOVE. Its rarely you see a movie about Love & Soul Mates these days so Cafe De Flore is completely refreshing in bringing the purity of love. Café de Flore is a love story about people separated by time and place but connected in profound and mysterious ways. Atmospheric, fantastical, tragic and hopeful, the film chronicles the parallel fates of Jacqueline, a young mother with a disabled son in 1960s Paris, and Antoine, a recently divorced, successful DJ in present day Montreal. What binds the two stories together is love - euphoric, obsessive, tragic, youthful, timeless love.

Even though the movie runs in Non-Chronological manner still you would appreciate how it amalgamates two stories beautifully. I'm not huge fan of non-chronological movie because it makes you depressive like Burning Man, We Need to Talk about Kevin & Memento off course.

Vanessa Paradis gave a brilliant performance, she lived in that moment and her chemistry with the syndrome child is superb. You completely forget that it's not even real. Kevin Parent is mesmerizing and exudes passion. Can't believe that's his first outing as an actor. Evelyne Broche is beautiful & her chemistry with Kevin Parent is amazing. Helene Florent is great along with syndrome kids Marin Gerrier & Alice Dubois.

On the whole, Cafe De Flore is a beautiful heartening movie, which will bring you in tears.

Details

Country:

Canada France

Language:

French English

Release Date:

18 November 2011 (Canada)

Also Known As:

Café de flore

Filming Locations:

Canada

Box Office

Budget:

CAD10,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$1,227,259

Company Credits

Production Co:

Item 7, Monkey Pack Films, Backup Media

Technical Specs

Runtime:

120 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1