Opening Night

Colours of Time

La Venue de L'Avenir

CEDRIC KLAPISCH
France, 2025
126 minutes, Color

In Person: Guest Hostess: Eun Yang, NBC 4 Anchor

Nearly 30 years after his Chacun Cherche Son Chat screened at the festival, award-winning director Cédric Klapisch returns to Filmfest DC with this delightful time-tripping romantic dramedy that masterfully captures the lavish wonder of la Belle Epoque and the invigorating energy pulsing through a society stepping into a new cultural era. In 1895, Adèle leaves her Normandy farmhouse and heads to Paris in search of her long-lost mother, diving headlong into a city being transformed by artists such as Victor Hugo, Sarah Bernhardt, and Impressionist painters Monet and Renoir in the process. In 2024, four of her previously-unknown-to-each-other descendants—neurotic executive Céline, genial beekeeper Guy, content creator Seb, and French teacher Abdel—begin to excavate their ancestor's life story through old letters, paintings, and photos as they assess the contents of that long-abandoned farmhouse on behalf of the rest of the family. Anchored in Adèle's endearing journey of self-discovery juxtaposed with the surprising discoveries of the modern-day foursome, the film is a gorgeously kaleidoscopic crowd-pleaser that skillfully blends the themes of the past and present in thoughtful, and thought-provoking, strokes.—Various sources

In French with English subtitles