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Café de Flore

Café de Flore

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

20116.82h 1m

Overview

Jacqueline is a young mother living in 1960s Paris with her disabled son Laurent. Abandoned by her husband, Jacqueline sacrifices everything to care for her son and vows to give Laurent a “normal” life full of happiness. Antoine, is a successful DJ in present day Montreal who seems to have it all: a thriving career, two beautiful daughters, partner Rose, with whom he is passionately in love. However, nothing is perfect and Antoine’s ex-wife Carole remains devastated by their recent separation.

Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée
Written by Jean-Marc Vallée
Produced by Pierre Even, Marie-Claude Poulin
Box Office0Revenue: $1.7M

Top Cast

Vanessa Paradis

Vanessa Paradis

Jacqueline

Kevin Parent

Kevin Parent

Antoine Godin

Hélène Florent

Hélène Florent

Carole

Evelyne Brochu

Evelyne Brochu

Rose

M

Marin Gerrier

Laurent

A

Alice Dubois

Véronique

Evelyne de la Chenelière

Evelyne de la Chenelière

Amélie

Michel Dumont

Michel Dumont

Julien Godin

J

Joanny Corbeil-Picher

Juliette

Rosalie Fortier

Rosalie Fortier

Angéline

Themes & Keywords

down syndromemontreal, canadadivorcedcouplenonlinear timelinemultiple storylinesdivorced mandivorced fatherdivorced parentsdivorced mother

About Café de Flore

Café de Flore is a drama, romance film released in 2011 exploring themes of down syndrome, montreal, canada, divorced, couple, nonlinear timeline, multiple storylines. Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée, it stars Vanessa Paradis, Kevin Parent, Hélène Florent. Jacqueline is a young mother living in 1960s Paris with her disabled son Laurent. Abandoned by her husband, Jacqueline sacrifices everything to care for her son and vows to give Laurent a “normal” life full of happiness. Antoine, is a successful DJ in present day Montreal who seems to have it all: a thriving career, two beautiful daughters, partner Rose, with whom he is passionately in love. However, nothing is perfect and Antoine’s ex-wife Carole remains devastated by their recent separation.

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