Film reviews: Café de Flore and Safe

If you’re allergic to anything smacking of New Age, you’d probably want to give this a miss, says Helene Wong.

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23rd June, 2012

Film review

If you’re allergic to anything smacking of New Age, you’d probably want to give this a miss – but you’d also be missing out on a couple of hours of something rather intriguing. I can’t be specific about what’s New Agey, because that would be telling, and part of the fun anyway is not knowing, and letting the film tell its secrets in its own way. Two stories written by Québécois director Jean-Marc Vallée (Young Victoria) play out in tandem, one in 60s Paris, the other in contemporary Montreal. In Paris, Jacqueline (Vanessa Paradis) is a single mother to Laurent, who has ...

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