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Cafe au Lait

Play trailer Poster for Cafe au Lait Released Aug 18, 1993 1h 35m Comedy Romance Play Trailer Watchlist
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Lola (Julie Maudech) is a beautiful and exotic young Parisian woman. When she discovers she is pregnant, Lola determines that the father is either Jamal (Hubert Koundé), a wealthy Muslim from Africa, or Felix (Mathieu Kassovitz), a slightly awkward Jewish messenger. Soon the two very different men are competing to win the love of Lola. Eventually, Jamal and Felix realize that they must put their rivalry on the back burner in order to help Lola through the challenges of her pregnancy.

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Marjorie Baumgarten Austin Chronicle Rated: 3/5 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Watching the film, I felt sympathy with Kassovitz's desire to film a little comic sermon about brotherhood. But I was never convinced that the characters and situation were anything other than borrowed and contrived. Rated: 2/4 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Lisa Nesselson France24 A hip interracial comedy with jaunty rap-inflected scores...grounded in the reality of multiethnic city life, this is the 100-percent answer to She's Gotta Have It... Nov 11, 2020 Full Review Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com Rated: 3/5 Oct 22, 2006 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 3/5 Jun 18, 2005 Full Review Monica Hayde Palo Alto Weekly Rated: 2/4 May 20, 2003 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member good early work from Vincent Cassell Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member A disappointment. Early work by the talented Mr.Kassovitz is a chatty bored. Fun to see his college, Vincent Cassel, also quite young. But interesting concept hurt by fuzzy characterizations and going nowhere script. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Le 1er film de Kassovitz pas super anyways Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member Yes, it has subtitles. And a love story. But it is "oh so fabulous" to watch :-) Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member J'adore Mathieu Cassovitz, et j'étais heureux de voir Vincent Cassel dans ce film aussi. L'acteur qui a joué la role de Jamal était bon, et l'actrice qui a joué le role de Lola était bonne. Ce film est très bon et il adresse l'issue de racisme et des différences culturelles dan une manière très intéressante. J'aime le dialogue de Le Pen au-dessus les génériques: un bon effet. I hope my French was correct. It's been awhile, and I didn't speak it well in the first place. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Audience Member Explores issues of modern romance and racism with grace and heart. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Mathieu Kassovitz

Director

Julie Maudech

Lola

Hubert Koundé

Jamal Saddam Abossolo M'bo

Mathieu Kassovitz

Felix

Vincent Cassel

Max

Tadek Lokcinski

Felix's grandfather

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Synopsis Lola (Julie Maudech) is a beautiful and exotic young Parisian woman. When she discovers she is pregnant, Lola determines that the father is either Jamal (Hubert Koundé), a wealthy Muslim from Africa, or Felix (Mathieu Kassovitz), a slightly awkward Jewish messenger. Soon the two very different men are competing to win the love of Lola. Eventually, Jamal and Felix realize that they must put their rivalry on the back burner in order to help Lola through the challenges of her pregnancy.
Director
Mathieu Kassovitz
Producer
Christophe Rossignon
Screenwriter
Mathieu Kassovitz
Distributor
New Yorker Films
Production Co
Société Française de Production, Nomad Films, Les Productions Lazennec, Le Studio Canal +
Genre
Comedy, Romance
Original Language
Canadian French
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 18, 1993, Original
Release Date (DVD)
Jun 28, 2005
Box Office (Gross USA)
$34.7K
Runtime
1h 35m
Sound Mix
Stereo