Things to Come (2016)
- Documented locations
- 36
- Year
- 2016
- Directed by
- Mia Hansen Love
- Original title
- L'Avenir
- Cities
- Saint-Malo, Paris, Villeurbanne, Pollionnay, Les Ulis, Clelles, Vassieux-en-Vercors, Cancale
Saint-Malo, France
The islet houses the tomb of Chateaubriand.
The scene : 1 min — At the opening of the film, Nathalie, Heinz, and their children arrive at the islet to pay their respects at Chateaubriand's grave.
Paris 9e, France
The scene : 5 min — Nathalie arrives at the high school where she teaches philosophy and has to make her way through a student protest.
Paris 18e, France
The scene : 8 min — Nathalie meets Fabien, her former student, around a table at the brasserie for a conversation.
Paris 9e, France
The scene : 10 min — Exiting the brasserie, Nathalie and Fabien continue their discussion on foot along the boulevard.
Paris 15e, France
The scene : 14 min — Nathalie takes a few steps alongside her publisher, at the edge of a public garden.
Paris 5e, France
Prestigious high school in the Latin Quarter, located in the former Sainte-Geneviève Abbey, Clovis Street (5th arrondissement). Founded in 1796, it is a training institution and school.
The scene : 22 min — Heinz leaves the establishment where he is also a professor.
Paris 5e, France
Way of the 5th arrondissement passing at the foot of the former Sainte-Geneviève abbey and the Henri-IV high school. It runs alongside the former monastery that occupied this site before its destruction.
The scene : 22 min — Chloé quickens her pace on the street to catch up with her father, Heinz.
Paris 5e, France
Place du 5e dominated by the Panthéon, the necropolis of great men. The Panthéon was built starting in 1758 by architects Jacques-Germain Soufflot, Jean-Baptiste Rondelet, and Maximilien Brébion, and exhibits a neoclassical architectural style classified as a historical monument.
The scene : 22 min — In the square, Chloé hurries to join Heinz.
Paris 6e, France
Large French garden in the 6th arrondissement, surrounding the Luxembourg Palace (seat of the Senate).
The scene : 22 min — In the garden, Heinz confesses to his daughter Chloé about the existence of a mistress.
Paris 5e, France
The scene : 25 min — Nathalie bursts out running from the subway entrance.
Paris 5e, France
The scene : 25 min — Nathalie runs up the street to get to her mother's house.
Paris 5e, France
The scene : 26 min — Nathalie joins her ill mother's home.
Paris 5e, France
The scene : 26 min — Always in a hurry, Nathalie runs across the square towards her mother's home.
Paris 12e, France
The scene : 26 min — Students enter a high school in a group.
Paris 19e, France
The scene : 36 min — Fabien arrives by bicycle to meet Nathalie.
Paris 19e, France
Formerly known as place Armand-Carrel, it has borne the name place Roger-Madec since June 6, 2025.
The scene : 36 min — Nathalie and Fabien take a seat on the terrace of a café in the square.
Paris 19e, France
The scene : 38 min — Nathalie is teaching outdoors: the philosophy lesson is taking place in the middle of the park, in front of her students.
Paris 19e, France
The scene : 38 min — At one of the park entrances, Nathalie waits for Fabien's arrival.
Saint-Malo, France
The scene : 45 min — Heinz drives Nathalie to the train station.
Saint-Malo, France
The scene : 45 min — Heinz leaves Nathalie facing the train station.
Saint-Malo, France
The scene : 45 min — Nathalie rushes through the hall to avoid missing her train.
Villeurbanne, France
The scene : 46 min — Heinz returns to the marital apartment he shares with Nathalie.
Pollionnay, France
The scene : 46 min — With her son Johann, Nathalie takes her mother Yvette to the retirement home.
Paris 6e, France
The scene : 50 min — Nathalie comes up from the subway before entering a movie theater.
Paris 6e, France
The scene : 51 min — An unwelcome man encountered at the cinema follows Nathalie down the street.
Paris 6e, France
The scene : 51 min — The man who had been harassing her since the session eventually took physical action against Nathalie.
Paris 6e, France
The scene : 52 min — At night, during a walk, Nathalie learns on the phone about her mother's death.
Paris 5e, France
Classical-style church whose creation is dated by Wikidata to May 6, 1685, protected as a historical monument, both classified and registered.
The scene : 53 min — Nathalie and her daughter Chloé wait in front of the church, where Yvette, Nathalie's mother, will later have her funeral.
Les Ulis, France
The scene : 55 min — Surrounded by her loved ones, Nathalie arrives at the crematorium.
Paris 3e, France
The scene : 56 min — Nathalie crosses the neighborhood aboard a bus.
Paris 3e, France
The scene : 56 min — From the bus, Nathalie catches Heinz with his new companion.
Paris 15e, France
The scene : 57 min — Nathalie visits her editor in offices on Avenue de Suffren.
Clelles, France
The scene : 1 hr 1 min — Fabien and Nathalie cross the countryside on this small departmental road.
Clelles, France
The scene : 1 hr 21 min — Upon her arrival at the train station, Nathalie is welcomed by Fabien; the location reappears on screen around 1 hour and 27 minutes.
Vassieux-en-Vercors, France
The scene : Vercors municipality that Film France and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma list among the filming locations of the film, without specifying the scene.
Cancale, France
The scene : Ouest-France announced the Breton part of the filming near Cancale, without specifying a scene.