Shades of Love: The Rose Cafe

1987 1h 30m EN

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10.0

MASTERPIECE

★10.0TMDB · 1

RomanceTV Movie

Synopsis

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Courtney is head chef in a prestigious restaurant. She has a dream that is on the verge of realization: with the help of her fiance, Mike, she will soon open her own restaurant, the Rose Café. The work is going well and the wedding day is approaching when an old classmate, Josh, rekindles a spark of love she doesn't feel for her future husband. Courtney realizes she must face this painful emotional dilemma before she can bring her professional ambitions to fruition. She solves it with determination.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Linda E. Smith
Courtney Fairchild
Parker Stevenson
Josh
Anthony Ulc
Hank
Damir Andrei
Mike
Bronwen Mantel
Kitty
Richard Jutras
Robert
Silvia Bonet
Seamstress (as Sylvia Bonet)
Norris Domingue
Mr. Simmon

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Danièle J. Suissa
Writers: Julian Roffman
Countries: Canada

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RUNTIME

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90 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 7

ERA

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39 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 7

RUNTIME

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Part of the "Shades of Love" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 7

ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Linda E. Smith and Parker Stevenson and Anthony Ulc carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0093948 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Danièle J. Suissa directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Canada.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

190 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
239 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Part of the "Shades of Love" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Linda E. Smith and Parker Stevenson and Anthony Ulc carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0093948 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Runtime: 90 min · 1h 30m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: Shades of Love: The Rose Cafe (1987)

Part of

Shades of Love

Shades of Love is a collection of romantic and dramatic made-for-television and direct-to-video films. The films paired well-known leading men with lesser known Canadian actresses. Aired in Canada and sold individually on VHS in North America, the Shades of Love film series was geared towards females who bought romance novels.

Also by

Danièle J. Suissa

Production companies

Who made it

SH
Shades of Love Productions
Téléfilm Canada
CA
CH
CHCH-TV

Key crew

Release history · US

When it landed

Theatrical1987-05-21

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