Things to Come (2016)

Introduction
"Things to Come" is a poignant French-German drama film directed by Mia Hansen-Løve and launched in 2016. The film centers around the life of Nathalie Chazeaux, represented by Isabelle Huppert, a middle-aged philosophy instructor navigating through significant life occasions. The underlying themes of the movie revolve around reflections on flexibility, personal advancement, and enduring the numerous unexpected turns of life.

Plot and Characterization
The story unfolds with Nathalie handling her professional life while handling her personal commitments. She is revealed as a deeply committed approach instructor, a caring mom, a loving partner, and a devoted child to her psychologically unsteady mother, Yvette. Her husband, Heinz, is also a thinker, with whom she shares a comfortable and intellectual bond. The abrupt news of Heinz leaving her for a younger female disrupts Nathalie's life, providing her first challenge.

Nathalie's Life Crisis
As Nathalie grapples with the reality of her spouse's unfaithful act, she discovers herself facing another crisis when her publisher decides to terminate her textbook on the property of it being dated. At home, her mom's relentless need for attention weighs heavily on her. Soon, with her mom's unanticipated death, she is left with an overwhelming sense of vacuum and privacy. Nathalie likewise handles the psychological turmoil of being a mother, having problem with her relationships with her developed kids, Chloé and Johann.

Nathalie's Philosophical Approach to Life
Despite her tumultuous personal life, Nathalie never ever loses sight of her own intellectual and philosophical interests. True to her training as a philosopher, she brings an intellectual lens to her life crises. She discovers solace in her disputes and conversations with her former trainee and protégé, Fabien, a radical thinker living with other like-minded young intellectuals.

Nathalie's Path to Self-Discovery
After her mother's death, Nathalie finds herself drawn more towards nature, privacy, and hangs out at Fabien's anarchist commune in the alps, revealing her yearning for liberty and tranquility. She explores her newly found freedom, reviewing her life, the passion for philosophy, turning reflective. By the end of the movie, Nathalie's life has actually altered significantly, but she has likewise found her liberty in a way she didn't foresee.

Conclusion
Throughout the film, Hansen-Løve elegantly communicates an extensive sense of life's impermanence through Nathalie's journey. "Things to Come" is an informative exploration of life's unpredictability, unforeseen crises, resilience, and turning disaster into a chance to develop and understand oneself better. With spectacular performances, particularly by Huppert, the film excellently represents realism and the strength to continue life in the middle of extreme psychological and personal upheavals. "Things to Come" is a journey of self-discovery showing you that even though life does not pick up your sorrow or upheaval, it can offer avenues to discover yourself when again.

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