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Café de Flore

Café de Flore

Café de Flore

Café de Flore

Healing a broken heart isn't easy. Sometimes it takes a lifetime...or two.

2011•2h 1m•

★6.8(200 ratings)

DramaRomance

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.

Director

Jean-Marc Vallée

Writers

Jean-Marc Vallée

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Main Cast

Vanessa Paradis

Vanessa Paradis

Jacqueline

Kevin Parent

Kevin Parent

Antoine Godin

Hélène Florent

Hélène Florent

Carole

Evelyne Brochu

Evelyne Brochu

Rose

Marin Gerrier

Marin Gerrier

Laurent

Alice Dubois

Alice Dubois

Véronique

Evelyne de la Chenelière

Evelyne de la Chenelière

Amélie

Michel Dumont

Michel Dumont

Julien Godin

Joanny Corbeil-Picher

Joanny Corbeil-Picher

Juliette

Rosalie Fortier

Rosalie Fortier

Angéline

Michel Laperrière

Michel Laperrière

Psychologist

Caroline Bal

Caroline Bal

Véronique's Mother

Full Crew

Direction

Director: Jean-Marc Vallée

Writing

Writer: Jean-Marc Vallée

Production

Producer: Pierre Even
Producer: Marie-Claude Poulin
Co-Producer: Jean-Yves Robin
Co-Producer: Nicolas Coppermann
Associate Producer: Vanessa Fourgeaud
Co-Producer: Jean-Marc Vallée

Music & Sound

Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Gavin Fernandes
Foley Recordist: Jo Caron
Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Louis Gignac
Sound Effects Editor: Luc Raymond
Sound: Jean Minondo

Cinematography

Director of Photography: Pierre Cottereau

Editing

Editor: Jean-Marc Vallée
Colorist: Gary Chuntz

Art Direction

Production Design: Patrice Vermette
Art Direction: Hugues Letellier
Art Direction: Emma Pucci
Set Decoration: Florence Babin
Set Decoration: Geneviève Burt
Set Decoration: Guillaume Bedard

Costume & Make-Up

Costume Design: Ginette Magny
Costume Design: Emmanuelle Youchnovski
Makeup Artist: Caroline Aquin
Makeup Artist: Marianne Bobet
Makeup Artist: Christiane Fattori
Hairstylist: Christine Larocque

Visual Effects

VFX Artist: Luc Sanfaçon
VFX Supervisor: Marc Cote
Digital Compositor: Nathalie Tremblay

Keywords

down syndromemontreal, canadadivorcedcouplenonlinear timelinemultiple storylinesdivorced mandivorced fatherdivorced parentsdivorced mother

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Did You Know?

#1

The film's tagline is: "Healing a broken heart isn't easy. Sometimes it takes a lifetime...or two."

#2

The film grossed $1.7M at the box office.

#3

The runtime is 121 minutes (2h 1m).

#4

It was a co-production between: Canada, France.

#5

The film was directed by Jean-Marc Vallée.

#6

The screenplay was written by Jean-Marc Vallée.

#7

Cinematography was handled by Pierre Cottereau.

#8

This title is listed on IMDb as tt1550312.

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Rating

6.8/10

Good

200 votes

Movie Information

Original Title:

Café de Flore

Status:

Released

Age Rating:

NR

Language:

English, Français

Country of Origin:

Canada, France

Revenue:

$1,674,801

Production Companies:

Monkey Pack Films

Monkey Pack Films

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