Cafe De Flore

Café de Flore is first and foremost an epic love story between a man and woman. And between a mother and her son. Two people from two different eras who live two extraordinary moments of passion that shake their lives. A mystical and supernatural odyssey on love.

From 1960's Paris to present-day Montreal comes an epic love story. It is somber, troubling and luminous all at once and yet filled with hope. Coloured with hues of fantasy and bathed in a surrealistic light, Café de Flore tells the story of the intertwining destinies of Jacqueline (Vanessa Paradis), a young Parisian mother of a special child, Antoine (Kevin Parent), a Montreal DJ, and the women in his life. What binds them all is love – troubling, clumsy, imperfect, unattainable and ultimately human.

This film is well-deserving of its selection as one of “Canada’s Top Ten” films. The interconnection between the stories is brilliant, as is the editing that links them. Jacqueline’s tale of eternal devotion turns from admirable to frightening and sad. In the meantime, Antoine’s affection for his loves past and present is genuine in its confusion and influence. The music is a character in itself, reflecting the individuals’ emotions and the film’s mood. Director Jean-Marc Vallée is perfecting his craft with each picture he creates, this without a doubt being the best so far.