Mia Hansen-Løve (Eden) won the Berlin Film Festival's Silver Bear for Best Director for this drama starring the stupendous Isabelle Huppert (Amour) as...
Mia Hansen-Løve (Eden) won the Berlin Film Festival's Silver Bear for Best Director for this drama starring the stupendous Isabelle Huppert (Amour) as a philosophy teacher attempting to deal with a terrible trifecta of life issues: losing her job, the death of her mother, and dealing with her unfaithful husband.
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99 %150 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
71 %6,728 reviewsAudience score rating
"Huppert is such a persistently and prolifically rigorous performer that she risks being taken for granted in some of her vehicles, but this is major, many-shaded work even by her lofty standards."
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Variety
Variety"It echoes Hansen-Løve's previous films in her delicate approach to the passing of time and her sensitivity toward life's expectations and disappointments."
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Time Out
Time Out"Ms. Hansen-Love observes the vagaries of Nathalie's situation with compassion and lucidity."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"A smart, earnest undertaking: an exploration of the insecurity that can hit any of us, at any age, when we start to question the life we've built."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"A film whose subtle satisfactions very much sneak up on you."
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times"The film's shrewd sense of humor, its way of underlining the absurdity of life's foibles, is fully carried by Huppert's disarming performance..."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter"A low-key, dignified and bittersweet film."
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FilmInkThings to Come (L'avenir) | Details
Award winner- Best Director (Silver Berlin Bear) at the 2016 Berlin Film Festival
- Rating
- M, Coarse language and drug use
- Runtime
- 100
- Genre
- Drama
- Country of origin
- France, Germany
