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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2011: Jean-Marc Vallée’s Café De Flore
Ask any French Canadian cinephile what are in their all-time top 5 films from Quebec and among the more popular choices you’ll find C.R.A.Z.Y. After testing out the international film scene with The Young Victoria, Jean-Marc Vallée returns to French-language filmmaking and his specialty: films with a strong musical element. I’m looking for this film to further confirm the filmmaker’s status as a viable export.
#65. Café de flore
Director/Writer: Jean-Marc Vallée
Producers: Pierre Even and Marie-Claude Poulin
Distributor: Rights Available.
The Gist: This is inspired by the legendary Parisian hang-out. The film follows two story lines — one in the 1960s, one in the present — linked by a famous song. This sees a male Montreal DJ (Parent) and woman. And between a mother and her son with Down’s syndrome.. Two people from two different eras who live two extraordinary moments of passion that shake their lives. A mystical and supernatural odyssey on love.….(more)
Cast: Vanessa Paradis, Kevin Parent, Hélène Florent, Evelyne Brochu, Émile Vallée, Chanel Fontaine
List Worthy Reasons…: Ask any French Canadian cinephile what are in their all-time top 5 films from Quebec and among the more popular choices you’ll find C.R.A.Z.Y. After testing out the international film scene with The Young Victoria, Jean-Marc Vallée returns to French-language filmmaking and his specialty: films with a strong musical element and strong human connection. I’m looking for this film to further confirm the filmmaker’s status as a viable export.
Release Date/Status?: Certainly aiming for Cannes, this should receive a big festival release and could be locked up for U.S distribution following in the Villeneuves and Dolans.
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