THINGS TO COME

THINGS TO COME

THINGS TO COME (L'AVENIR), 2016

France, Germany| DCP, Color, 102’ |French, English, German

Director: Mia Hansen-Løve

Actors:Isabelle Huppert, André Marcon, Roman Kolinka

Mia Hansen-Løve, one of France’s young talents, brings a story inspired by her mother’s life to the screen. Nathalie, played by the accomplished actress Isabelle Huppert, is a high school philosophy teacher. A chain of unfortunate events, her mother’s illness, obstacles in her career and marital problems, leads this middle-aged woman to freedom. This film, which won the Silver Bear for “Best Director” at the 2016 Berlin Film Festival, contains references to well-known philosophers.

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