[THINGS TO COME screens Thursday March 9th at 8:40 pm and Friday March 10th at 7:30 pm at the Cleveland Cinematheque.]
Review by Bob Ignizio
When philosophy teacher Nathalie (Isabelle Huppert) is
gravely informed by her husband Heinz (André Marcon) that he has "met
someone", her response is about as French as you can get. "Why tell
me? Couldn't keep it a secret?" Heinz explains it's because he plans on moving
in with this other "someone". "Are you sure," asks Nathalie,
in a matter of fact tone?
Her husband's infidelity and abandonment isn't the only
thing on Nathalie's plate. Some of the students at her school are on strike,
she's dealing with demands from her publisher to re-edit and redesign her books
to be more commercial, and her aging mother is constantly seeking attention.
And yet somehow, Nathalie manages to handle it all, well, philosophically, even
as the stress keeps piling on.
