Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Vanessa Paradis | ... | Jacqueline | |
Kevin Parent | ... | Antoine Godin | |
Hélène Florent | ... | Carole | |
Evelyne Brochu | ... | Rose | |
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Marin Gerrier | ... | Laurent |
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Alice Dubois | ... | Véronique |
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Evelyne de la Chenelière | ... | Amélie |
Michel Dumont | ... | Julien Godin | |
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Linda E. Smith | ... | Louise Godin (as Linda Smith) |
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Joanny Corbeil-Picher | ... | Juliette |
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Rosalie Fortier | ... | Angéline |
Michel Laperrière | ... | Le psychologue | |
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Caroline Bal | ... | La mère de Véronique |
Nicolas Marié | ... | Le père de Véronique | |
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Pascal Elso | ... | Paul |
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 ... Written by Production
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.