Review of 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.