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Wikipedia article




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| name = Things to Come

| image = L'Avenir.jpg

| caption = Film poster

| director = Mia Hansen-Lve

| producer = Charles Gillibert

| writer = Mia Hansen-Lve

| starring = Isabelle Huppert
Andr Marcon
Roman Kolinka
dith Scob

| cinematography = Denis Lenoir

| editing = Marion Monnier

| production_companies =

| distributor = Les Films du Losange

| released =

| runtime = 102 minutes

| country =

| language = French

| budget = $3.2 million

| gross = $5.6 million

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'Things to Come' is a 2016 French-German drama film written and directed by Mia Hansen-Lve. It stars Isabelle Huppert as middle-aged philosophy professor Nathalie Chazeaux, whose life is going through a series of separations.

'Things to Come' received critical acclaim and was selected to compete for the Golden Bear at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival. At Berlin, Hansen-Lve won the Silver Bear for Best Director. Huppert won several nominations and awards for her performance in the film, including the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress, New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress, and the London Film Critics' Circle Award for Actress of the Year.

Plot



Nathalie teaches philosophy in a Parisian high school, but for her it is not just a job, it is a way of living and thinking. With a past permeated by youthful idealism, she now aims to teach students to think for themselves, using philosophical texts that stimulate confrontation and discussion. Her life flows between her work, her husband, her two children, and her ex-model mother who needs constant attention. But suddenly everything changes: her husband leaves her, her mother dies and Nathalie finds herself with unexpected and unusual freedom.

Cast



* Isabelle Huppert as Nathalie Chazeaux

* Andr Marcon as Heinz

* Roman Kolinka as Fabien

* dith Scob as Yvette Lavastre

* Sarah Le Picard as Chlo

* Solal Forte as Johann

* lise Lhomeau as Elsa

* Lionel Dray as Hugo

* Grgoire Montana-Haroche as Simon

* Lina Benzerti as Antonia

Production



Hansen-Lve said she wrote the role of Nathalie with Isabelle Huppert in mind. She also said Nathalie was loosely based on her mother, who was a philosophy professor and separated from her husband later in life. Principal photography began on 22 June 2015 in Paris.

Reception



Critical response

'Things to Come' received critical acclaim. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a 99%, based on 143 reviews, with an average score of 8.2/10. The website's critical consensus reads: "A union to cherish between a writer-director and star working at peak power, 'Things to Come' offers quietly profound observations on life, love, and the irrevocable passage of time." At Metacritic, the film received an weighted average score of 88 out of 100, based on 28 reviews from mainstream critics, indicating "universal acclaim".

Box office



Things to Come grossed $5.6 million at the box office.

Accolades

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| Austin Film Critics Association

| 28 December 2016

| Best Foreign-Language Film

| 'Things to Come'

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| rowspan="2"| Berlin International Film Festival

| rowspan="2"| 21 February 2016

| Best Director

| Mia Hansen-Lve

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| Golden Bear

| Mia Hansen-Lve

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| rowspan="2"| Boston Society of Film Critics

| rowspan="2"| 11 December 2016

| Best Actress

| Isabelle Huppert (also for 'Elle')

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| Best Foreign Film

| 'Things to Come'

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| Chicago International Film Festival

| 22 October 2016

| Golden Hugo

| Mia Hansen-Lve

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| Dorian Awards

| 26 January 2017

| Foreign Language Film of the Year

| 'Things to Come'

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| Dublin Film Critics' Circle

| 17 December 2016

| Best Actress

| Isabelle Huppert

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| IndieWire Critics Poll

| 19 December 2016

| Best Actress

| Isabelle Huppert

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| Jerusalem Film Festival

| 17 July 2016

| The Wilf Family Foundation Award - Best International Film

| Mia Hansen-Lve

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| rowspan="2"| London Film Critics' Circle

| rowspan="2"| 22 January 2017

| Actress of the Year

| Isabelle Huppert

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| rowspan="2"|

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| Foreign Language Film of the Year

| 'Things to Come'

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| Los Angeles Film Critics Association

| 4 December 2016

| Best Actress

| Isabelle Huppert (also for 'Elle')

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| rowspan="2"| National Society of Film Critics

| rowspan="2"| 7 January 2017

| Best Actress

| Isabelle Huppert (also for 'Elle')

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| rowspan="2"|

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| Best Foreign Language Film

| 'Things to Come'

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| New York Film Critics Circle

| 1 December 2016

| Best Actress

| Isabelle Huppert (also for 'Elle')

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| Prix Louis-Delluc

| 14 December 2016

| Best Film

| Mia Hansen-Lve

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See also



*List of Isabelle Huppert performances

Notes



References




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