Things to Come (2016 film)

{{Short description|Film by Mia Hansen-Løve}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Things to Come

| image = L'Avenir.jpg

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| native_name = {{Infobox name module|fr|L'Avenir}}

| director = Mia Hansen-Løve

| writer = Mia Hansen-Løve

| producer = Charles Gillibert

| starring = {{Plainlist|

• Isabelle Huppert
• André Marcon
• Roman Kolinka
• Édith Scob

}}

| cinematography = Denis Lenoir

| editing = Marion Monnier

| production_companies = {{Plainlist|

• CG Cinéma
• Detail Film
• Arte France Cinéma
• Rhône-Alpes Cinéma

}}

| distributor = {{Plainlist|

• Les Films du Losange (France)
• Weltkino Filmverleih (Germany)

}}

| released = {{Film date|df=y|2016|2|13|Berlinale|2016|4|6|France|2016|8|18|Germany}}

| runtime = 102 minutes{{cite web|url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/things-come-film-0|title=Things to Come (12A)| publisher=British Board of Film Classification|date=15 July 2016|access-date=25 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160716134252/http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/things-come-film-0|archive-date=16 July 2016}}

| country = {{Plainlist|

• France
• Germany

}}

| language = French

| budget = €3.2 million{{cite magazine|url=http://toutlecine.challenges.fr/cinema/l-actu-cinema/0003/00031699-isabelle-huppert-tourne-l-avenir-de-mia-hansen-love.html|title=Isabelle Huppert tourne "L'Avenir" de Mia Hansen-Løve|date=23 June 2015|magazine=Challenges|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722061536/http://toutlecine.challenges.fr/cinema/l-actu-cinema/0003/00031699-isabelle-huppert-tourne-l-avenir-de-mia-hansen-love.html|archive-date=22 July 2015}}

| gross = $5.6 million{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt4120176/|title=Things to Come (2016)|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=23 August 2023}}

}}

Things to Come ({{langx|fr|L'Avenir}}, {{IPA|fr|lavniʁ|pron|LL-Q150 (fra)-Jules78120-L'Avenir.wav}}, {{lit|The Future}})) is a 2016 drama film written and directed by Mia Hansen-Løve.{{cite web |last=Lemercier |first=Fabien |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/290644/ |title=Things to Come by Mia Hansen-Love for Les Films du Losange |date=6 May 2015 |website=Cineuropa |access-date=23 August 2023}}{{cite web |last=Goodfellow |first=Melanie |url=http://www.screendaily.com/news/cannes-les-films-du-losange-acquiresnew-mia-hansen-lve/5087389.article|title=Cannes: Les Films du Losange acquires Mia Hansen-Løve's 'Things to Come' |date=6 May 2015 |website=Screen Daily |url-access=limited |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304115304/http://www.screendaily.com/news/cannes-les-films-du-losange-acquiresnew-mia-hansen-lve/5087389.article |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=live}} It stars Isabelle Huppert as Nathalie Chazeaux, a middle-aged philosophy professor whose life undergoes a series of changes. The film explores the themes of aging, family ties, intellectual passion, and personal freedom.

Things to Come was released theatrically in France on 6 April 2016 by Les Films du Losange and in Germany on 18 August 2016 by Weltkino Filmverleih.{{cite web|url=http://www.filmsdulosange.fr/en/film/224/things-to-come|title=Things to Come|language=fr|publisher=Les Films du Losange|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160621010853/http://www.filmsdulosange.fr/en/film/224/things-to-come|archive-date=21 June 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://www.weltkino.de/filme/alles-was-kommt|title=Alles was kommt|language=de|publisher=Weltkino Filmverleih|access-date=23 August 2023}} The film received critical acclaim and was selected to compete for the Golden Bear at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival.{{cite press release |url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/2016/08_pressemitteilungen_2016/08_pressemitteilungen_2016detail_30356.html |title=Berlinale Competition 2016: Another nine films selected|date=11 January 2016|access-date=11 January 2016|publisher=Berlin International Film Festival|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180825002459/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/2016/08_pressemitteilungen_2016/08_pressemitteilungen_2016detail_30356.html|archive-date=25 August 2018}}{{cite magazine |url=https://variety.com/2016/film/global/berlin-film-festival-competition-lineup-1201676845/ |title=Berlin Film Festival Adds Nine Films to Competition Lineup |date=11 January 2016 |first=Leo |last=Barraclough |access-date=11 January 2016 |magazine=Variety}} At Berlin, Hansen-Løve won the Silver Bear for Best Director.{{cite web |url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/2016/03_preistraeger_2016/03_preistraeger_2016.html|title=Prizes & Honours 2016|access-date=20 February 2016|publisher=Berlin International Film Festival|date=20 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160910032721/http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/2016/03_preistraeger_2016/03_preistraeger_2016.html|archive-date=10 September 2016}} 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. It is considered among the best films of the 2010s and of the 21st century.{{cite web | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/best-movies-21st-century | title=Hollywood Reporter Critics Pick the 50 Best Films of the 21st Century (So Far) | website=The Hollywood Reporter | date=6 April 2023 }}