Café de Flore

2011
Canada/France
2h
15

Directed by: Jean Marc-Vallee
Written by: Jean Marc-Vallee
Cast: Vanessa Paradis, kevin Parent, Helene Florent
Language: French
UK release: 11 May 2012
Website: www.cafedeflorelefilm.com

In present-day Montreal, Antoine (Parent) leaves his wife and sets up a home with their children and his new girlfriend (Brochu), while in 1960s Paris, abandoned wife Jacqueline (Paradis) struggles to raise her disabled son (Gerrier). Stylish editing and musical motifs attempt to connect these otherwise unrelated storylines, but the result is cheap and distasteful.

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Cafe de Flore

17 Apr 2012

An objectionable, distasteful and ultimately pointless exercise in parallel plotting

(tbc) 120 min In crisply-shot present-day Montreal, celebrity DJ Antoine (Kevin Parent) has recently left his wife Carole (Hélène Florent) and set up a home with their two children and his new girlfriend, Rose (Evelyne Brochu). In dull and dingy Paris…