| Café de Flore |
Film poster |
| Directed by |
Jean-Marc Vallée |
| Produced by |
- Nicolas Coppermann
- Pierre Even
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| Written by |
Jean-Marc Vallée |
| Starring |
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| Cinematography |
Pierre Cottereau |
| Release date(s) |
- 2 September 2011 (2011-09-02) (Venice Film Festival)
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| Running time |
120 minutes |
| Country |
Canada |
| Language |
French |
Café de Flore is a Canadian drama film, released in 2011. Directed and written by Jean-Marc Vallée,[1] the film garnered 13 nominations for the 2012 Genie Awards.[2]
The film cuts between two seemingly unrelated stories. One, set in present-day Montreal, stars Kevin Parent as Antoine, a successful club DJ torn between his new girlfriend Rose (Évelyne Brochu) and his still-complicated relationship with his ex-wife Carole (Hélène Florent); the other, set in 1960s Paris, stars Vanessa Paradis as Jacqueline, the fiercely protective single mother of Laurent (Marin Gerrier), a child with Down syndrome who has a crush on Véro (Alice Dubois), a friend and companion who also has Down syndrome. The film builds toward the revelation of how the two stories are linked: after Jacqueline, Laurent, and Véro are killed in a car accident, Carole, Antoine, and Rose are their subsequent reincarnations.
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Critical response [edit]
Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 63% based on reviews from 49 critics, with an average rating of 6.5 out of 10.[3]
Awards [edit]
The film's Genie Award nominations included Best Picture, Best Actress in a Leading Role (Paradis), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Gerrier), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Florent), Best Director and Best Original Screenplay.[2] Paradis won the Genie for Best Actress; the film also picked up a Genie for Achievement in Make-Up.
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