Isabelle Huppert, perhaps more so than any other living actress, seems to be getting younger with age. In L'avenir ("Things to Come"), she plays a philosophy professor who thinks that her life is completely in her own control, until she loses the grip on her husband, her devotion to her long-time black cat Pandora, and even a contract with a publishing company that's previously sold her scholastic textbooks all around France. The scenes and quiet conversations she has with one of her former students, who is currently a writer living with some friends deep in the French mountains, away from contemporary society as we know it, are deeply moving and surprisingly honest. L'avenir is simply an observation of the late seasons in the life of a woman who has to learn to live again at the advanced age of 60, but without the benefits of youth on her side. This is a much better and complete movie than Huppert's other recent release, Elle, which was entertaining, but did not resonate anything deeper. L'avenir, however, is one of the very best movies of 2016.
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