Cafe de Flore

Café de Flore is a finely crafted pair of alternating tales so depressing that I was squirming through most of the 2-hour film. Canadian, Jean-Marc Vallée directed and I was hoping for some of the humor and silliness of C.R.A.Z.Y. his previous hit. Everyone is beautiful including Vanessa Paradis [Mrs. Johnny Depp] but the stories are sad, very sad. There is a fine soundtrack including lots of Pink Floyd and Sigur Rós, two of my favorite bands. It is ultimately a film for sensitive, empathetic souls. I could not wait for it to be over and left mid credits onlt to find that something important is revealed in a photo displayed near the end of the credits. Cheap shot! Now I have to rent it just to check out the photo.