Things to Come
Directed by Mia Hansen-Løve
Starring Isabelle Huppert, André Marcon, Edith Scob, Roman Kolinka and Sarah Le Picard
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.
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★★★★½ review by Eli Hayes on Letterboxd
Isabelle Huppert is burying
every other working actor. -
★★★★½ review by davidehrlich on Letterboxd
It’s never a good idea to take public transportation home from a funeral, but sexagenarian philosophy professor Nathalie Chazeaux (Isabelle Huppert) insists on learning that lesson the hard way. Crumpled against the window of a bus as it groans its way through the streets of Paris, Nathalie begins to cry. The teenage girl sitting in the seat across from her eyeballs the scene like she’s resisting the urge to Instagram it, like she has no idea that it’s only a matter of time before we’re all the woman crying on the bus. That’s when Nathalie spies Heinz (Andre Marcon), still technically her husband, walking around town with the young woman who recently inspired him to walk out on his wife of 25 years.
Sometimes, life is subtle — sometimes, it’s so in your face that you just have to laugh. And that’s exactly what Nathalie does, chortling in disbelief at the complete perfection with which her world has been turned upside down.
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★★★★½ review by davidehrlich on Letterboxd
Løved it.
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★★★★ review by brat pitt on Letterboxd
reasons why isabelle huppert x pandora the cat is the most accurate portrayal of cat/human relationships i've ever seen onscreen:
- when isabelle huppert shakes the food container to get pandora to come out of hiding
- when isabelle constantly complains about pandora but then she's upset when pandora runs away
- when isabelle hugs her & happily says "punishment time!" when pandora returns the next day
- when pandora brings isabelle a mouse & isabelle says "is this supposed to be a compliment"
- when isabelle has a breakdown & sobs in bed while snuggling pandora -
★★★★ review by josh lewis on Letterboxd
we are all waiting for the inevitable, the best we can do is cope with the present
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