Cafe de Flore

Café de Flore



It was complicated. It was convoluted but it was an excellent film. I’m not sure I even understood it all but I felt I had seen a well produced film.

Two stories captivate you during the film. There is a weak connection but I found it difficult to decipher. There is also some problem with the film going back and forth in time.

The two stories are captivating. Bravo for Canadian cinema.

Antoine is a handsome happy man. He is separated from his lovely wife, Carole who still loves him. The two daughters are also struggling with the separation and also with Dad’s newest love, Rose. Antoine is a nice man who really cares for his family. His parents give him a hard time with the separation. Antoine is a DJ who travels a great deal in his work. I felt empathy for all the characters involved in this sequence.

The second story takes us to Paris. Jacqueline has a mongoloid child. Her husband leaves her. She loves the child, Laurent, beyond belief. She nurtures him and kisses him and tells him of her love all the time. .She teaches him to protect himself. It was a little startling to see him still sleeping in the same bed as his mother when he was 9 years old. She nursed him until he was 4. At school Laurent meets a darling young girl who also is mongoloid. The two become inseparable. It actually becomes a problem and the parents need to separate the children from spending so much time together.

Both stories deal with strong love relationships. Café De Flore is a song that plays in the film. I hope you have an easier time in finding the connection between the two stories. The acting is excellent. The children were superb in their roles. This is a film that could be seen more than once. I may do that.