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Synopsis: A love story about people separated by time and place but connected in profound and mysterious ways. Atmospheric, fantastical, tragic and hopeful, the film chronicles the parallel fates of Jacqueline, a young mother with a disabled son in 1960s Paris, and Antoine, a recently divorced, successful DJ in present day Montreal. What binds the two stories together is love - euphoric, obsessive, tragic, youthful, timeless love. In 1960s Paris, a working class woman gives birth to her first child, Laurent - a Down Syndrome son. Undaunted she embraces the challenge of raising her beloved offspring as normally as one would any other child. Her husband abandons them both. She bravely brushes this additional hiccup aside as Laurent replaces her spouse as the perfect man of her dreams. As Laurent approaches school age Jacqueline's aplomb becomes obsessive and cloying. Her increasingly self-destructive attachment to her son is raised to a fever pitch when, at the age of seven, he meets a Down Syndro
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): Jean-Marc Vallée
Production: Adopt Films
  9 wins & 19 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.4
Metacritic:
53
Rotten Tomatoes:
62%
NOT RATED
Year:
2011
120 min
Website
697 Views


and then we'll pay Vero a visit.

What do you mean, Antoine?

It's not surprising

I can't leave him.

Don't go there, please.

I've never known any other man.

I've never kissed anyone else.

I've loved once in my life.

One man.

But loved like no one else.

That kind of love, when you lose it,

there's only one way

to survive.

You look for an explanation,

or else you die. Do you understand?

You just want to die.

Don't you do that.

Don't you dare!

He was my little boy.

Antoine. I was his mother

in another life.

You're such an idiot!

Hello.

Hi.

They were just there.

Did she say why?

No.

She didn't know.

Did I try to separate them?

I couldn't leave him

with that girl.

It was unhealthy, and dangerous.

Stop talking as if she was you.

Maybe that's what

I have to do now.

Separate them.

Maybe he's in danger.

Sweetheart.

All she wants is for you

to keep seeing her.

To keep booking appointments.

She said it's pointless to come back,

that I'd find the answers myself.

You have to let go, hon.

I can't.

I just want to believe even more.

Admit that it's a nice theory:

If we're not reunited in

this life, then in another.

Theories are all well and good,

but what about in practice?

Will you spend

your whole life waiting?

Dreaming?

No.

In peace.

In hope.

I'm his twin flame.

What now?

It's pretty.

Thank you.

I didn't see a diploma on the wall.

Where do you go to study

mediumology?

Nowhere.

You acquire it.

It develops from the inside.

It's a matter of love, faith.

Everyone can develop

their paranormal abilities.

It's a question of desire and will.

I think I can help anyone

who comes here.

I can serve them,

any living thing.

We're all related.

Any living thing?

How does it help us

to know our past lives,

if they really exist?

I don't have to convince you.

You came to me.

We can stop right now.

You fill people's minds

with a load of crap

and leave them deal with it.

So they come back

of their own will.

And don't feel

they've been scammed.

- You came here to vent?

- Yes.

It won't take long.

She doesn't tell me everything.

If you know something,

I'll take over.

I'm better placed to help her.

And don't return her calls,

should she want to come back.

I don't think that's in her plans.

I was going to suggest it,

but she rushed out without paying.

It's not about the money.

I doubt she did it on purpose...

I think your friend was too shaken.

By what?

A load of crap.

Shall I go on?

Alright, we'll...

we'll ask the Good Lord

to bless the new year

or what's left of it. I mean,

we'll soon be eating fresh corn!

May the rest of the year

bring us health,

happiness,

and love.

May the Good Lord guide us

in the decisions we must make.

And may He guide one person

in particular

so he makes the right decision

and realizes

he has responsibilities.

He has pants to wear,

and it's time he put them on.

Before it's too late.

Before...

she leaves him for good.

Before he becomes

another imbecile

who destroys his family for good.

Come on, Lucien...

Stop it, please!

I'm saying out loud

what everyone else thinks.

You're hurting everyone.

He's doing that, not me.

One day he decides to separate.

And we have to pretend

we don't miss her?

That we don't love her anymore?

I loved that girl!

When you marry and have kids,

it's for life!

You don't separate, period!

That moralizing old fart!

Today 8 out of 10 couples split up.

So what?

What are you doing?

I can't hear from my room.

Before we go back there...

How bout we treat ourselves

to a relapse?

Just this once.

Let's go, Mom.

Mom needs to talk to you.

We're not going to visit

Vero anymore.

Her parents put her in a new school.

They're moving too.

I know it's sad,

but that's how it is. Ok?

We won't see her again.

It's over.

You're lying!

- Come here. Listen to me.

- No!

We can visit her once in a while.

But not every day.

You're lying! You're lying!

Enough! Stop this game!

Come here.

Let go of the door!

- Stop it, that's enough!

- You're lying!

You hear me?

Shut up! Stop shouting!

The meeting of twin flames

is when the soul finds

its other half on the path homeward,

to the source.

The cycle of reincarnation ends.

It's the final relationship

that leads to unity.

The hardest thing for her right now

is to come to terms with the fact

that the loved one

is not her twin flame.

Mom!

Mom.

Mom!

We have a surprise for you.

What?

Someone is taking you to visit a new school.

Who?

Guess who?

I'm obsessing.

Shall I get you some coffee?

Cognac?

Sambuca?

We should stop talking marriage, right?

For now.

That's what I was thinking.

I couldn't find out more.

Why?

She stopped me.

Horseshit!

Why are you here?

What's wrong?

Can we go see Vero?

What is it?

Forgive me.

I should ask you to forgive me.

It's written in the stars.

Don't worry, I won't say a blessing.

I ask you to join me in wishing them

all the happiness in the world.

Thanks for coming.

You're so pretty, all dressed up.

You're beautiful.

Thanks.

You look stunning.

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Jean-Marc Vallée

Jean-Marc Vallée, (born March 9, 1963) is a Canadian film director, producer, and film editor. After studying film at the Université de Montréal, Vallée went on to make a number of acclaimed short films, including Stéréotypes (1991), Les Fleurs magiques (1995), and Les Mots magiques (1998). His debut feature, Black List (1995), was nominated for nine Genie Awards, including nods for Vallée's direction and editing. His fourth feature film, C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005), received further critical acclaim and was a financial success. Vallée's followup, The Young Victoria (2009), garnered strong reviews and received three Academy Award nominations, while his sixth film, Café de Flore (2011), was the most nominated film at the 32nd Genie Awards. Vallée's next film, Dallas Buyers Club, was released in 2013 to critical acclaim and earned him an Academy Award nomination in the category of Best Film Editing. He next directed Wild (2014). Vallée's next film, Demolition (2015), starred Jake Gyllenhaal and Naomi Watts, and opened the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2015. In 2017, he directed and executive-produced the acclaimed HBO miniseries Big Little Lies, winning a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special. more…

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