Go with Le Flo

Knowing the limited resources and micro budget this production had, I was pleasantly surprised to be completely engaged in the film, both times I watched it. The story and performances felt very genuine. It's rare to see so much talent in front of the camera in a movie of this scale while wonderfully written and orchestrated by up and coming director Michael Glover.

Where many independent films start to drag on and get boring, this film picks up the pace with fun slapstick charisma. And new characters are delightfully introduced, grabbing at the audience in witty confrontation.

The film closes with what may seem to be a cheese ball flair of emotion. But in keeping with the style of the film, it doesn't come off that way at all. It plays as tasteful humor, mixed with relatable heart warming fun, in a well crafted slapstick fashion.

It doesn't happen often that you go to a theater to watch a movie and are being surprised. This is what happened when I watched 'Go With Le Flo' at the Downtown Independent Theater.

What I experienced for 80 minutes was not some fantasy world or exotic tale far from my own life but the lovely spirit of a contemporary filmmaker capturing the joy of everyday life: The fun we have with awkward moments, the hilarious entanglements and slapstick scenes that happen to us usually when nobody is around to record it for the world to see.

I came out of this movie with a light heart having encountered real people in a real world with real problems and it all makes sense. What's new about this romantic comedy? The unique way in which it was captured on screen, and the palpable joy of cast and film team working on real locations comes across in every frame.

'Go With Le Flo' is as delicate as a summer breeze in Berlin: if you don't open your heart, you'll miss it.

There's something about a Bright Blue Gorilla film. I've seen them all, and they're so darned earnest and charming that you couldn't possibly care less about the shoestring budgets. Well, one day they'll work their way up to a shoestring budget.

GO WITH LE FLO is an exciting departure from the usual (if there's such a thing as the usual from this duo) in that it's the filmmakers' first foreign-language film -- with the exception, I believe, of the eggplant movie-within-a-movie in KARATE FILM CAFE, which doesn't really count. Roberta Bianchini, a BBG film regular, is always a welcome sight, but nearly everyone charms in this effort as well. There's an immediacy to the camera technique that lets you know the size of the budget behind it (watch the behind-the-scenes content to see the magic at work) but again -- it's all part of the intimate charm of a film that expends its energy in the right places in true BBG fashion.

I don't recommend this film for people who like watching CGI dinosaurs getting punched in the face by robots against a backdrop of exploding coastal cities, but heartily support viewing by fans of handcrafted romantic comedies. Get your popcorn, settle in and Go With Le Flo.

Saw it twice, once with a lady, once with a guy friend. Good both times.

This is a sweet, unpretentious comedy that uses lighthearted humor, impossible situations, absurdity and a little tongue in cheek delivery to bring a very clean, delightful story to the screen.

The setting is charming.

The subtitles are well paced.

Take a break from Hollywood tedium, and try something creative and fresh.

Go With Le FLo!

If you love European cinema, you'll find this a gem. In "Go with le Flo", we have a hapless hero, Florian, who has one German and one French parent. He's grown up German, but is enthralled by French romanticism - and would secretly rather be French. So when he falls into the presence of a French film star - literally - he is overcome with emotion. And his profession? Salami salesman. That is to say, he owns a French delicatessen in Berlin called "Le Flo". We've also already discovered that he is much more sensitive when differentiating between types of salami than he is when reacting to the emotions of others. Florian's M. Hulot-type encounters are full of slapstick and visual humour, within which are various references to well-loved films by Truffaut, Fellini, Jeunet, and others. However, you might be surprised to learn that this is not a European production. American screenwriter, director, and musician Michael Glover presents us with fine cinematography, and a script lurching between German and French, highlighting his love of Europe and European culture, in what is a light, but classy, attempt at the play-within-a -play trope. It's not without a few human truths, either, served up to you with a little brotchen, salami, and Roquefort.