Music making an emotion more clear than any wonderful narrative

the filmmaking is something else. the way scenes collapse into and explode out of each other.. the way personal universes are built and explored.. next level. this movie feels like how you remember your life. the concept/writing is excellent up to a Point. i was really disappointed by where everything ended up going. i think if this movie had been less literal about certain things it could've been a real masterpiece. i wasn't sure how to rate this because i was so disappointed by some things and so turned on by others.. i'm very excited to watch this guy's other movies.

We follow two stories of love - in 1960s Paris the love of Jacqueline a single mother for her son, a little boy suffering from Down's Syndrome and in modern Montreal the love of Antoine for his ex-wife, girlfriend and children and of Carole, his ex-wife for Antoine. The look and sound of the film are both great (apart from all the meaningful looks), but it is spoilt by a ridiculous ending that doesn't quite work. Two of the actors in the film are children with Down's syndrome, they, unusually for child actors, are very good.

If you’ve ever wondered what nonsense would look like if it could adopt a physical form, look no further: you’ve found the only plausible reason for sitting through Café de Flore. For the rest of you, all you need to know is this film’s about a privileged French-Canadian couple who come to believe that they lived a past life as a mother and her child with Down’s syndrome and so must be together forever. Set in both 1969 and 2011, Café de Flore’s a pretentious cassoulet of feelings and bad poetry, growing more ludicrous and tedious the longer it runs.

In present day Montreal successful DJ Antoine is torn between his new girlfriend and the ex-wife he still harbours feelings for. Back 40 years and across the world in Paris are a young single mum and her Down's syndrome son. But what links them?
Cafe de Flore is the kind of film that sits at the back of your mind for days and days after watching, it doesn't leave you. I don't usually like the non linear style but in this case, it worked. Jumping time and distance your never quite sure what is going on at the start but slowly it begins to reveal itself.
At its heart it's a story about true love and soul mates, and what if your true soul mate belongs to another. If you can go with where it goes in the last part then I advise you see it

Beautiful and poetic. Only the French can make a film about love. (Shame about the unnecessary moments of voiced over exposition).

為靈魂找另一個解釋，原聲帶卡司無懈可擊。

Película francesa que mezcla la vida de una madre de los 70 con un hijo con síndrome de Down y la de un DJ de éxito en la actualidad mediante los sueños de la exmujer del segundo y dando al final una explicación un tanto surrealista

This keeps getting better and more emotionally resonant with each viewing. One of the best directors out there for music as well as camera work, this one needs to be seen. There's almost too much going on to properly describe.

Λάτρεψα τα πάντα στην ταινία!Το ιδιαίτερο σενάριο και τις ερμηνείες. Δεν περίμενα ότι θα μου αρέσει τόσο.

Teniendo como base un set de piezas musicales determinadas (geniales por cierto), Jean-Marc Vallée nos lleva a un viaje casi espiritual, que se mueve de forma intermitente, entre dos situaciones paralelas. Vamos del París de la década de los 60's y la lucha de una madre por dignificar la existencia de un hijo condenado a tener una vida corta y complicada; al Montreal de la actualidad y el tortuoso proceso que vive una mujer al enfrentar la separación del amor de su vida. Un viaje que entremezcla la invención de un futuro inalcanzable que sirve como bálsamo; y el aferramiento a una idea que ... ya no es. ¿Realidad, ficción?