French-Canadian director Jean-Marc Vallée uses music to connect seemingly unrelated characters separated by several decades on two continents. By THR Staff Cafe du Flore Film Still - H 2011 Indeed, ...

Whereas the recent release “Cloud Atlas” jumped around in time to illustrate its grand theme of human connections that resonate throughout history, the French-Canadian drama “Café de Flore” presents a ...

This loose-limbed, emotionally complex work should see some Euro arthouse action as well as a respectable post-Toronto local bow. Pic opens in present-day Montreal, where handsome Antoine (Kevin ...

Is unconditional love a blessing or a disease? Can emotional commitment enslave both the lover and the beloved? Is it fair to assume that the object of one’s obsession will share that feeling forever ...

Love is patient, love is kind … is it? Or does it overwhelm with painful urgency, and rather than being blind, blind those who it captures? There are films where love is tender and romantic, like ...

Even writer-director Jean-Marc Vallee remains at a loss to convey with words what he is driving at here. Nevertheless, there is something captivating about Cafe de Flore that cannot be denied.

Of all the films I saw at TIFF in September none had a more electrifying impact on me than Café de Flore. The film’s ending, which I could not begin to divulge, hit me like a hammer to the chest. I ...

Vanessa Paradis – best known as the French nymphet who sang “Joe Le Taxi”, and more lately as Johnny Depp’s partner – is fast emerging as a film star in her own right. In 2010 she starred in the spiky ...

Café de Flore is a multi-layered mystery about intertwined lovers separated by space and time. In modern Montreal, it begins with story about a husband, his new wife and the affairs of the heart. In ...

Love makes the world go round, but it can also turn your universe inside out. That much is clear in French-Canadian writer-director Jean-Marc Vallée’s time-skipping drama, which fuses passionate ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. CAFE de Flore is one of the most iconic cafes in Paris, a block from the equally famous Deux Magots. But apart from one photo, Flore ...

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” ...