Things to Come

2016 [FRENCH]

Action / Drama

20
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 71% · 149 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 71% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.9/10 10 15304 15.3K

philosophy high school teacher woman director affair

Plot summary

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.

Director

Mia Hansen-Løve Photo
Mia Hansen-Løve

Top cast

Edith Scob Photo
Edith Scob as Yvette Lavastre
Yves Heck Photo
Yves Heck as Daniel
Isabelle Huppert Photo
Isabelle Huppert as Nathalie Chazeaux
Elie Wajeman Photo
Elie Wajeman as Copain de Chloé
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910.37 MB
1280*682
French 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 42 min
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1.6 GB
1920*1024
French 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 42 min
Seeds 13

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by yris2002 7 / 10

A realistic and affecting slice of a woman's life

I read some reviews wondering about the point of the movie: I think asking for the point is simply insignificant when watching a movie like this. It depicts a portion of a mature woman's life, a philosophy teacher and an intellectually brilliant editor, having to come to terms with loss, abandonment and conscious aging. One would say: nothing new, nothing original, or interesting. On the contrary, I found the picture deeply affecting, in the apparently placid but still very focused and deep way it portray this normal life. It reflects so realistically the natural and typical feminine facing of things as they come, that it gets intrinsically authentic and involving. As usual, Isabelle Huppert does not only interpret but lives her character and is the real pillar of strength of the picture. If you love unpretentious but simply authentic women's stories you'll like this movie, and you won't have to ask where the point is.
Reviewed by SnoopyStyle 6 / 10

very french

Nathalie Chazeaux (Isabelle Huppert) is a philosophy professor although a student strike is challenging the faculty. She is married but her husband reveals his cheating. Worst yet, he has to tell her as he moves out of the house. Her kids are moving on. Her disturbed mother keeps pulling her into her life. Her former student reconnects with her. As each part of her life is severed, she finds life in her new freedom.This is very french especially how Nathalie reacts to her husband's revelation. It doesn't have to be melodramatic but I would like for more drama. The danger is never that high although there is surely some emotional dangers. Huppert's classy acting keeps the movie compelling. I would like to have her disconnecting happen in the first half hour. Instead, it's dragged over an hour and there isn't enough time for her to find herself. It's the shortest of freedom rides. It's understated. I prefer something more dramatic.
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