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Things to Come

L'avenir

2016

Mia Hansen-Løve

Isabelle Huppert, Edith Scob, Roman Kolinka, André Marcon ...

6.4

4,539

Drama Nathalie teaches philosophy at a high school in Paris. She is passionate about her job and particularly enjoys passing on the pleasure of thinking. Married with two children, she divides her time between her family, former students and her very possessive mother. One day, Nathalie's husband announces he is leaving her for another woman. With freedom thrust upon her, Nathalie must reinvent her life.

	Author	Review
United States	Guy Lodge Variety	"At once disarmingly simple in form and riddled with rivulets of complex feeling, ['L'avenir'] (...) emulates the best academics in making outwardly familiar ideas feel newly alive and immediate"	POS
United Kingdom	Henry Barnes The Guardian	"The film is occasionally meandering and a bit too loose (...) But mostly, Things to Come is a smart, earnest undertaking (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of five)"	POS
United States	Jordan Mintzer The Hollywood Reporter	"While the film’s first half is perhaps more potent than its conclusion, this is still another impressive work by an auteur who manages to transform everyday stories into a singular visión"	POS
United Kingdom	Wendy Ide Screendaily	"Hansen-Løve’s films have been compared to those of Eric Rohmer on previous occasions, but with this bracingly intelligent and satisfying collage of moments from a life, she is beginning to look like his creative heir"	POS
United States	David Ehrlich IndieWire	"Mia Hansen-Løve proves that she’s one of the best filmmakers in the world (...) Isabelle Huppert delivers a performance for the ages in this profoundly insightful story"	POS

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