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Things to Come
MEANRANK
74/100
Every rating
Split
Lowest is AlloCiné on 62, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 99. Critics average 94, everyone else 69.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A philosophy teacher in Paris has built a stable, intellectual life with her family and career. Suddenly, her world is upended by a series of unexpected events: her husband leaves her, and her demanding mother falls ill. For the first time in decades, she is completely untethered. The film follows her as she navigates this new freedom and loss, discovering a different kind of life and identity outside the structures she had always known.
Details
- Director
- Mia Hansen-Løve
- Writer
- Mia Hansen-Løve
- Released
- 6 April 2016
- Country
- Germany, France
- Language
- French
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $2.1M
- Box office
- $282.4K
- Awards
- 6 wins, 8 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 14 →1 major award won · 6 wins from 14 nominations across 12 ceremonies
| Berlin International Film Festival 2016 | Best Director | Mia Hansen-Løve | Winner |
| Berlin International Film Festival 2016 | Golden Bear | Mia Hansen-Løve | Nominee |
| Dorian Awards 2017 | Foreign Language Film of the Year | Things to Come | Nominee |
| London Film Critics' Circle 2017 | Foreign Language Film of the Year | Things to Come | Nominee |
| London Film Critics' Circle 2017 | Actress of the Year | Isabelle Huppert | Winner |
| National Society of Film Critics 2017 | Best Actress | Isabelle Huppert (also for Elle ) | Winner |
| Austin Film Critics Association 2016 | Best Foreign-Language Film | Things to Come | Nominee |
| Boston Society of Film Critics 2016 | Best Actress | Isabelle Huppert (also for Elle ) | Winner |
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14 awards — Things to Come
×| Best Director | Mia Hansen-Løve | Winner |
| Golden Bear | Mia Hansen-Løve | Nominee |
| Actress of the Year | Isabelle Huppert | Winner |
| Foreign Language Film of the Year | Things to Come | Nominee |
| Best Actress | Isabelle Huppert (also for Elle ) | Winner |
| Best Actress | Isabelle Huppert (also for Elle ) | Winner |
| Best Actress | Isabelle Huppert (also for Elle ) | Winner |
| Best Actress | Isabelle Huppert (also for Elle ) | Winner |
| Best Foreign-Language Film | Things to Come | Nominee |
| Golden Hugo | Mia Hansen-Løve | Nominee |
| Foreign Language Film of the Year | Things to Come | Nominee |
| Best Actress | Isabelle Huppert | Nominee |
| The Wilf Family Foundation Award – Best International Film | Mia Hansen-Løve | Nominee |
| Best Film | Mia Hansen-Løve | Nominee |