Café de Flore (2011)

Directors

Jean-Marc Vallée

Cast

Claire Vernet, Emmanuelle Riva, Evelyne Brochu, Hélène Florent, Jean-Marc Vallée, Kevin Parent, Linda Smith, Marin Gerrier, Michel Dumont, Michel Laperrière, Nicolas Marié, Pascal Elso, Vanessa Paradis, Évelyne de La Chenelière

The story

The film cuts between two seemingly unrelated stories. One, set in present-day Montreal, focuses on Antoine, a successful club DJ torn between his new girlfriend Rose and his still-complicated relationship with his childhood friend and ex-wife Carole; the other, set in 1960s Paris, features Jacqueline, the fiercely protective single mother of Laurent, a child with Down syndrome who has a crush on Véronique, 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 Véronique are killed in a car accident, Carole, Antoine, and Rose are their…

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