Café de Flore

release date:September 23, 2011
Tuesday February 21, 2012 (dvd)
genre:Drama
running time:120 min.
director:Jean-Marc Vallée
studio:Alliance Vivafilm
producer(s):Pierre Even, Marie-Claude Poulin
screenplay:Jean-Marc Vallée
cast:Vanessa Paradis, Kevin Parent, Hélène Florent, Evelyne Brochu, Marin Gerrier, Alice Dubois, Evelyne de la Chenelière, Michel Dumont
Current Tribute rating: Current rating: 3.33    Rate Movie     User Reviews

Café de Flore Movie Synopsis

In Paris in 1969, hairdresser Jacqueline Lawrence is raising her Down syndrome son alone. She spends every spare moment with him, trying to enrich and prolong his life. When the little boy falls in love with a girl in his class who also has Down syndrome, the possessive young mother tries to keep them apart.

In modern-day Montreal, internationally famous DJ Antoine Godin finds love with Rose. However, he still has feelings for his ex-wife, Carole, the mother of his two daughters. For her part, though it's been two years since their divorce, Carole still believes Antoine will come back to her. A frequent sleepwalker, Carole dreams of a boy with Down syndrome in the back seat of a car...

  Canadian Connection: Partly filmed in Montreal, Quebec.

User Reviews view all…

  original and memorable love story

  two mediocre movies` that had no discernable connection, two completely separate and confused stories. thankfully it was 5$ tuesday. still not worth the money. disapointment from crazy studio which is usually top notch entertaiment. not here"

  Visually beautiful and affective love story!

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