Café de Flore


2h 2011

Brief Synopsis

Antoine is blessed with a beautiful girlfriend, two sweet daughters and a job filled with travel and adulation. He is a DJ who regularly jets to London to perform in clubs. Meanwhile, in 1969 Paris, Jacqueline is a single mother raising Laurent, a boy with Down syndrome. Jacqueline is a sad and lonely but determined mother whose no-good husband left her after one look at their handicapped newborn. She reads everything she can on the disease, and struggles to keep him enrolled in a normal school rather than an special-needs institution, which she is convinced will drag him down. Laurent finds a friend in a little girl who suffers from the same condition. Antoine similarly found his soul mate at a young age, when he and a high-school friend became sweethearts, bonded by a shared love of music. He and Carole had two children but split up when Antoine fell for Rose. Antoine's new relationship brings him great joy but also lingering doubt. If one soul mate can be displaced by another, more soulful mate, what certainties of love remain?

Film Details

MPAA Rating
Genre
Drama
Foreign
Romance
Release Date
2011
Production Company
Playtime
Distribution Company
Adopt Films ; Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm ; Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm ; Atlantic Film ; Bir Film ; CinTart ; Conquest Films ; Filmcoopi Zurich Ag ; Golem Distribution ; Kino Bez Granits ; Kino Video ; Momentum Pictures Limited ; Tiglon A.S. ; Ugc International ; Vivarto Films Distribution
Location
Paris, France; Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Technical Specs

Duration
2h

Synopsis

Antoine is blessed with a beautiful girlfriend, two sweet daughters and a job filled with travel and adulation. He is a DJ who regularly jets to London to perform in clubs. Meanwhile, in 1969 Paris, Jacqueline is a single mother raising Laurent, a boy with Down syndrome. Jacqueline is a sad and lonely but determined mother whose no-good husband left her after one look at their handicapped newborn. She reads everything she can on the disease, and struggles to keep him enrolled in a normal school rather than an special-needs institution, which she is convinced will drag him down. Laurent finds a friend in a little girl who suffers from the same condition. Antoine similarly found his soul mate at a young age, when he and a high-school friend became sweethearts, bonded by a shared love of music. He and Carole had two children but split up when Antoine fell for Rose. Antoine's new relationship brings him great joy but also lingering doubt. If one soul mate can be displaced by another, more soulful mate, what certainties of love remain?

Film Details

MPAA Rating
Genre
Drama
Foreign
Romance
Release Date
2011
Production Company
Playtime
Distribution Company
Adopt Films ; Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm ; Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm ; Atlantic Film ; Bir Film ; CinTart ; Conquest Films ; Filmcoopi Zurich Ag ; Golem Distribution ; Kino Bez Granits ; Kino Video ; Momentum Pictures Limited ; Tiglon A.S. ; Ugc International ; Vivarto Films Distribution
Location
Paris, France; Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Technical Specs

Duration
2h

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Miscellaneous Notes

Limited Release in United States November 16, 2012

Limited Release in United States November 2, 2012

Limited Release in United States November 2, 2012 (New York City)

Limited Release in United States November 16, 2012 (Los Angeles, Orange County)

Released in United States on Video January 14, 2014

Released in United States on Video January 14, 2014

Released in United States 2011

Released in United States 2011 (World Cinema)

Released in United States 2012 (World Cinema)

Released in United States 2012