Colours of Time

Colours of Time

126 mins | Drama, Comedy | May 22, 2025

Brought together by the unexpected inheritance of an abandoned house in rural Normandy, four cousins discover they share a mysterious family history. In 1895, their ancestor Adèle, then aged 21, leaves her hometown to search for her mother in Paris. She discovers a city on the cusp of modernity, bustling with new-found avant-garde creativity, with the rise of photography and the birth of Impressionist painting. As her descendants retrace her steps, they unravel Adèle's surprising past. The two timelines of 1895 and 2024 intertwine and collide, confronting the cousins’ contemporary attitudes with life in late 19th century Paris, leaving everyone’s future forever changed.

Colours of Time

126 mins | Drama, Comedy | May 22, 2025

Colours of Time
Brought together by the unexpected inheritance of an abandoned house in rural Normandy, four cousins discover they share a mysterious family history. In 1895, their ancestor Adèle, then aged 21, leaves her hometown to search for her mother in Paris. She discovers a city on the cusp of modernity, bustling with new-found avant-garde creativity, with the rise of photography and the birth of Impressionist painting. As her descendants retrace her steps, they unravel Adèle's surprising past. The two timelines of 1895 and 2024 intertwine and collide, confronting the cousins’ contemporary attitudes with life in late 19th century Paris, leaving everyone’s future forever changed.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers France 2 Cinéma, Ce Qui Me Meut Motion Pictures, La Compagnie Cinématographique Européenne, Panache Productions, Ce qui me meut
Original title La Venue de l’avenir
Directors Bénédicte Dujardin, léa mothet, Elise Lahouassa, Cédric Klapisch
Writers Santiago Amigorena, Cédric Klapisch

Cast

Suzanne Lindon

as Adèle Meunier born Vermillard

Abraham Wapler

as Seb / Claude Monet 1874

Julia Piaton

as Céline

Zinedine Soualem

as Abdelkrim

Paul Kircher

as Anatole

Vassili Schneider

as Lucien

Sara Giraudeau

as Odette Vermillard

Cécile de France

as Calixte de La Ferrière

Olivier Gourmet

as Claude Monet 1895

Pomme

as Fleur, singer

Fred Testot

as Félix Nadar

François Chattot

as Marcel, Seb's grandfather

Angèle Garnier

as Violette

Valentin Campagne

as Gaspard

Cassandra Cano

as Leslie

Stéphane Foenkinos

as Louis Leroy

Jean-Marc Roulot

as Mayor of Saint-Jouin Bruneval

Marie-Christine Orry

as Genealogist

Catherine Salée

as Georgette, owner of the Rat Mort

Aurore Broutin

as Mrs. Michard

Raphaël Thiéry

as Carter

Évelyne El Garby-Klaï

as Dounia, l'experte en peinture

Dominique Langlais

as Le notaire

Virgil Davin

as Henri

Marco Prince

as Cousin

Déborah Galland

as La tenancière de la maison close

Mya Bollaers

as La gouvernante maison close

Mathilde Le Borgne

as Eugénie

Pénélope-Rose Lévèque

as Femme toilettes hôtel

Marie-Bénédicte Cazeneuve

as Cliente shooting

Carla Poquin

as Makeup artist for the shoot

Osamah Khoury

as Membre équipe shooting

Théo Perruchi

as Membre équipe shooting

Tania Dessources

as Jocelyne la secrétaire de mairie

Nicolas Carpentier

as Monsieur Duquesne - le responsable Z.A.E.

Emmanuelle Bougerol

as La chanteuse du Rat Mort

François-Xavier 'Fixi' Bossard

as L'accordéoniste du Rat Mort(as Fixi)

Lucas Nicolella

as Le chanteur du Rat Mort

Jean Le Peltier

as Le chef peintre

Boris Gillot

as Titi

Sarah-Megan Allouch

as Assistante Céline

Fabien Hamel

as Huissier

François Berléand

as Victor Hugo

Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu

as Sarah Bernhardt

Vincent Perez

as Oncle Théophraste

Jean-Baptiste Seckler

as Paul Cézanne

Alice Grenier

as Berthe Morisot

Alexis Tchkotoua

as Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Jordan Sutter

as Edouard Manet

Maxime Cohen

as Camille Pissarro

Mike Taylor

as Alfred Sisley

Nicolas Pietri

as Edgar Degas

Félix Nebel

as Admirateur Train Bleu

Roméo Da Silva Chapron

as Adèle bébé

Charlie Da Silva Chapron

as Adèle bébé

Louise Pascal

as La cliente de Nadar

Vadim Vidovic

as Assistant Nadar

Sabine Beaufils

as Gardienne immeuble notaire

Alex Chevaleyre

as Le boulanger

Michel Clément

as Paysan rue Barbès

Cédric Klapisch

as Passager omnibus

Daniel Ousson

as Allumeur de réverbères

Kevin Buchart

as Jardinier Giverny

Chloé Barrier

as Fille maison close

Emma Battini

as Fille maison close

Amanda Bouffier

as Fille maison close

Aurore Brou

as Fille maison close

Phoebe Fox

as Fille maison close

Isabelle Kalma

as Fille maison close

Oriane Laroche

as Fille maison close

Alice Kudlak

as Fille Maison Close

Tiphaine Riou

as Fille maison close

Méryl Weiler

as Fille maison close

Dominique Thiennot

as Le colonel

Malonn Rottiers

as Malonn

Owen Kanga

as Sekou

Gabin Dautremer

as Elève classe

Valentina Mendes

as Elève classe

Maimuna Chente

as Elève classe

Capucine Paitreault

as Elève classe

Lizéa Vandevoorde

as Elève classe

Lina Soualem

as Fille Abdelkrim

Mouna Soualem

as Fille Abdelkrim

Kurt Landu

as Le jogger

Angela Sichanh

as Visiteuse Musée d'Orsay

Frédérick Soleil

as Cousin en visio

Lola Doillon

as Cousine en visio

Julie Lescat

as Cousine en visio

Louise Colas

as Cousine en visio

Cyril Moisson

as Cousin en visio

léa mothet

as Cousine en visio

Jules Mellot

as Cousin en visio (as Jules Melot)

Michèle Clément

as La brodeuse (uncredited)

Fabien Giameluca

as Employé réunion (uncredited)

Victoria Monfort

as Visiteuse galerie (uncredited)

Amandine Partensky

as Cliente hôtel (uncredited)

Jonas Paz-Benavides

as Artist (uncredited)

Virginie Sibalo

as Visiteuse musée (uncredited)