Café de Flore

Drama which cuts between two seemingly unrelated stories. 

In 1960s Paris, Jacqueline is a single mother working hard to raise her son Laurent, who has Down's syndrome. Their extremely close relationship is strained when Laurent makes a new best friend. 

In modern-day Montreal, Antoine is a successful club DJ who has been through a difficult divorce from his childhood sweetheart Carole. Now he is struggling to start afresh with his new girlfriend, against some opposition from the family. 

In French with English subtitles.

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