Movie

Café de Flore

2011 · 121 min

A haunting, emotionally intense experience that weaves two timelines into a meditation on love, loss, and connection.

Tagline: Healing a broken heart isn't easy. Sometimes it takes a lifetime...or two.
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.
How it feels: Melancholic, romantic, tense and eerie. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Grief, love, family, identity
Content: Strong sexual content and language. Mild violence and gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
love
family
identity
fate
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence mild
Sex strong