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Colours of Time (film)

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Colours of Time
Theatrical release poster
FrenchLa Venue de l'avenir
LiterallyThe Arrival of the Future
Directed byCédric Klapisch
Written by
Produced byBruno Levy
Starring
CinematographyAlexis Kavyrchine
Edited byAnne-Sophie Bion
Music byRobin Coudert
Production
companies
Distributed byStudioCanal
Release dates
  • 22 May 2025 (2025-05-22) (Cannes)
  • 22 May 2025 (2025-05-22) (France)
Running time
126 minutes[1]
Countries
  • France
  • Belgium
LanguageFrench
Budget€15.67 million[2]
Box office$8.9 million[3]

Colours of Time (French: La Venue de l'avenir, lit. 'The Arrival of the Future')[4] is a 2025 period drama film co-written and directed by Cédric Klapisch.[5][6] Starring Suzanne Lindon, Abraham Wapler, Vincent Macaigne, Julia Piaton, Zinedine Soualem and Paul Kircher,[7] it follows four cousins who inherit a house in rural Normandy and retrace the steps of their ancestors in 19th-century Paris. The film is a co-production between France and Belgium.[4]

According to Klapisch, the film is "about the importance of the past. We can’t move forward if we don’t have a look at the past. The two stories we tell in this film concern people who do retrospective work. Adèle sets out to open out who her parents were. The four cousins want to know who their ancestors were".[8]

The film had its world premiere at the 78th Cannes Film Festival on 22 May 2025, and was theatrically released in France on the same day by StudioCanal.

Plot

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Four distant cousins are part of a wider family group which can be traced to the last occupant of a house in rural Normandy abandoned in 1944. Seb, Abdel, Céline and Guy, discover there the existence of Adèle Vermillard, their ancestor who in 1895 aged 21 left her native Normandy for Paris in search of her mother. While exploring the house, left untouched since the 1940s, they excavate the life of their ancestor - photos and paintings from the end of the 19th century are preserved in the house, along with letters to Adèle which help them form a picture of her story. On her journey to Paris Adèle becomes friends with two aspiring artists; Anatole, a painter and Lucien, a photographer, who accompany her in the search for her parents. In the course of their modern-day discoveries the cousins find in the relics of the past what will call into question their present.

Cast

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Production

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Colours of Time was produced by Klapisch's longtime producing partner Bruno Levy through their company Ce Qui Me Meut.[5] It was co-produced by StudioCanal, France 2 Cinéma and Belgian companies Panache Productions and La Compagnie Cinématographique. The film was pre-purchased by Canal+ and Ciné+ and received support from the Normandy and Île-de-France regions, where the film was shot. Alexis Kavyrchine served as the director of photography. Principal photography began on 15 April 2024, and was projected to conclude on 24 June 2024.[4] Filming locations in Normandy included La Vespière-Friardel (Calvados), Mesnils-sur-Iton (Eure) and Étretat (Seine-Maritime).[10] Claude Monet's house and gardens in Giverny also served as a filming location for the film. The crew also shot scenes on a Nomad Train during a round trip between Paris's Gare Saint-Lazare and the city of Le Havre. Shooting also took place in Val-d'Oise, near La Roche-Guyon, as well as in Theuville.[11][12]

Release

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International sales were handled by StudioCanal.[5] In January 2025, StudioCanal unveiled a promotional trailer to distributors during the Unifrance Rendez-Vous in Paris.[5][13]

The film was selected to be screened out of competition at the 78th Cannes Film Festival,[14][15] where it had its world premiere on 22 May 2025 and was theatrically released in France on the same day by StudioCanal.[16][17]

A blu-ray of the film, containing a feature 'Cédric Klapisch et les couleurs de l'impressionisme' and deleted scenes was issued in September 2025.[18]

Reception

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Box office

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The film had 911k admissions at the French box office,[19] grossing $7.5 million. In Italy the film grossed $1 million. Bringing its worldwide box office totals to $9 million.[3]

Critical response

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On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 96% based on 25 reviews, with an average rating of 7.5/10.[20]

Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 64 out of 100, based on 5 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[21]

References

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  1. ↑ "Colours of Time (2025)". Irish Film Classification Office. 12 June 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  2. ↑ Lutaud, Léna (26 April 2025). "Parmi les 20 films français les plus chers de 2025, déjà deux échecs au box-office". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 4 May 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Colours of Time (2025)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 Lemercier, Fabien (5 June 2024). "The shoot for Cédric Klapisch's Colours of Time enters the home stretch". Cineuropa. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Keslassy, Elsa (17 January 2025). "'The Spanish Apartment' Director Cedric Klapisch Explores Youths and Womanhood in Studiocanal's 'Colours of Time,' Partly Set in 19th Century Paris". Variety. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
  6. ↑ Keslassy, Elsa (30 April 2025). "Studiocanal Racks Up Sales on Cedric Klapisch's 'Colours of Time' Ahead of Cannes Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
  7. ↑ Leffler, Rebecca (7 January 2025). "Cedric Klapisch's time-jumping 'Colours Of Time', starring Suzanne Lindon, acquired by Studiocanal (exclusive)". Screen International. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
  8. ↑ Colours of Time press dossier, Studio Canal (p. 7) accessed 23 May 2026.
  9. ↑ "LA VENUE DE L'AVENIR". Festival de Cannes (in French). Retrieved 8 May 2025.
  10. ↑ "La venue de l'avenir". www.normandieimages.fr. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
  11. ↑ "Giverny : le réalisateur Cédric Klapisch a tourné dans les jardins de Claude Monet". actu.fr (in French). 1 June 2024. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
  12. ↑ "C'est tourné près de chez vous : Doux Jésus et La Venue de l'avenir". Pro - Val d'Oise Tourisme (in French). 4 September 2024. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
  13. ↑ Goodfellow, Melanie (20 January 2025). "RDV In Paris Round-Up: Unifrance Heads Gilles Pélisson & Daniela Elstner Talk 2025 Optimism; Shifting Market Calendar, Russian Participation & Prizes". Deadline. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
  14. ↑ Ntim, Zac (10 April 2025). "Cannes Competition Lineup: Aster, Trier, Dardennes, Reichardt, Ducournau, Wes Anderson & More — Full List". Deadline. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  15. ↑ Roxborough, Scott (10 April 2025). "Cannes Lines Up Another Hot Festival With Wes Anderson, Spike Lee, Richard Linklater, Ari Aster Premieres (Full List)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  16. ↑ "The Screenings Guide of the 78th Festival de Cannes". Festival de Cannes. 8 May 2025. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
  17. ↑ "Les distributeurs ajustent leurs line-ups". Boxoffice Pro (in French). 28 April 2025. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
  18. ↑ La Venue de l'avenir Blu-ray page at the fnac website, accessed 24 May 2026.
  19. ↑ "Five national films record over a million ticket sales in France in 2025". Cineuropa - the best of european cinema. 7 January 2026. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
  20. ↑ "La venue de l'avenir". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
  21. ↑ "Colours of Time". Metacritic. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
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