2011 · drama · romance · music
Café de Flore
Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée2h 1m2011
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.
Our read: Café de Flore (2011) reads as a neutral, steady, inventive drama · romance · music entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, steady, gentle drama / romance, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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- intimate
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