Café De Flore (15)

Café De Flore is the amazing new film from the director of C.R.A.Z.Y., featuring a really stunning turn from Vanessa Paradis. This is a mystical and fantastical yet sincere and solemn odyssey on love and soulmates: the tale of the love between a man and a woman, and a mother and her son, their stories separated by four decades and yet metaphysically connected.

In modern Montreal, DJ Antoine embarks on a new affair with free spirit Rose whilst reflecting on his life with teenage sweetheart Carole, the complications of his current situation causing him to re-visit his past to a shocking conclusion. Meanwhile in 1969 Paris, Jacqueline is a single mother to Laurent, who is born with Down’s Syndrome. Fiercely protective and ambitious for her son, they have an intensely loving relationship which is disrupted when Laurent makes a new friend at school and Jacqueline becomes threatened by his interests in the wider world.

 

This is one of the most beautiful and mesmerising films of the year, with a captivating soundtrack featuring Pink Floyd, The Cure and Sigur Ros that will leave you yearning for more.

 

The cinema team were lucky enough to see Cafe De Flore at the ICO Screening Days in April and were absolutely blown away by it. Rocketing straight into our top 10 favourite films of all time, it received raving reviews from everyone we spoke to. It really has everything you could want from a film - the angst-ridden love story, the dishy male lead (Kevin Parent), intrigue and suspense, inspiring and heartwarming performances from Vanessa Paradis and newcomers Marin Gerrier and Alice Dubois, the earth-shattering reveal and a truly brilliant soundtrack. This is world cinema for a new generation (and the old generation too). Truly outstanding, this film will (almost!) change your life.

 

*The film is generous to all its besotted creatures, and to the audience as well. Viewers who fall in love with Café de Flore will find that it loves them back.* TIME Magazine

*Haunting and heartbreaking, director Jean-Marc Vallée's romantic drama is an electrifying multi-layered experience.* Radio Times

Have a look at the trailer below and start getting excited:

Café De Flore (15) runs: Tuesday 3rd at 2pm and 7.45pm, Wednesday 4th at 7.45pm and Thursday 5th 7.45pm.