Thins to Come

27/9/2016, 20:00, Ideal

A philosophy professor watches her life fall apart: her husband is cheating on her, her writing career is faltering and her mother is slipping away. Can it be, though, that each ending marks a new (painful) start? Isabelle Huppert in yet another fearless performance, this time next to the wondrous new voice of French cinema, worthy recipient of the Best Director award at the Berlin Film Festival. Mia Hansen-Love's "Things to Come" is precisely the grown-up cinema we wish we'd see more often.

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A philosophy professor watches her life fall apart: her husband is cheating on her, her writing career is faltering and her mother is slipping away. Can it be, though, that each ending marks a new (painful) start? Isabelle Huppert in yet another fearless performance, this time next to the wondrous new voice of French cinema, worthy recipient of the Best Director award at the Berlin Film Festival. Mia Hansen-Love's "Things to Come" is precisely the grown-up cinema we wish we'd see more often.

Director: Mia Hansen-Love
Screenwriter: Mia Hansen-Love
DoP: Denis Lenoir
Editor: Marion Monnier
Principal Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Andre Marcon, Roman Kolinka, Edith Scobb, Sarah Le Picard

France, Germany | 2016 | Color | DCP | 102' | French

Publication date: 2016-09-12 05:39:30

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