Things to Come
aka L'avenir
First screened in September 2016
Director: Mia Hansen-Løve. Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Roman Kolinka, André Marcon, Sarah Le Picard, Edith Scob, Solal Forte, Elise Lhomeau, Lionel Dray, Grégoire Montana, Lina Benzerti, Linus Westheuser, Clemens Melzer, Joachim Cohen, Anouk Buron, Guy-Patrick Sainderichin, Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet, Yves Heck, Rachel Arditi, Larissa Guist, Marion Ploquin, Joachim Azouze, Elie Wajeman. Screenplay: Mia Hansen-Løve.

Twitter Capsule: A Nancy Meyers movie written by Jean-Jacques Rousseau? Such wise questions about freedom, fortitude, disappointment.

VOR:   Takes temerity these days, in art as in life, to scrutinize one's purported radicalism, to seek philosophical clarity, or to explore competing pulls to different ideals.



Photo © 2016 CG Cinéma/Detailfilm/Arté France Cinéma/
Rhöne-Alpes Cinéma

Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: A


Awards:
Berlin Film Festival: Best Director

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