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The Future (English)
Location
Main screening room
Date
August 4th, 2025
Duration
91 min
Cycle
Demons and Wonders

Giants, fairies, magicians, ghosts, dragons, and monsters of all kinds… Here’s what your Cinémathèque has in store this summer! Since Méliès, filmmakers have embraced the fanstastic potential of cinema, creating infinite phantasmagorias and extraordinary spectacles where the unreal becomes real. Step into a world of fantasy and boundless imagination: whatever your generation, the monsters and wonders that once filled your childhood dreams are back this summer 2025!

The Future
Directed by
Miranda July
Language
English
Actors
Miranda July, Hamish Linklater, David Warshofsky
Origins
USA, United Kingdom, France, Germany
Year
2011
Duration
91 min
Genre
Drama, fantasy, romance
Format
Digital
Synopsis

Sophie and Jason, a couple in their thirties, live in a modest apartment in Los Angeles. They are about to welcome an adopted cat into their home next month. Anxious about losing their independence, they quit their jobs and try to make their dreams come true. They will not hesitate to explore all kinds of possibilities, including traveling through space and time...

The Future

Miranda July

Miranda July is an American film director, screenwriter, actress, and author. Her body of work includes film, fiction, monologue, digital presentations, and live performance art. She wrote, directed, and starred in the films Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005), which won both the Critics' Week Grand Prize and the Caméra d’or, as well as The Future (2011). She also wrote and directed Kajillionaire (2020). Her multimedia work has been presented at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London. Additionally, she contributes to various magazines such as The Paris Review, The Harvard Review, and The New Yorker, produces radio performances, and has published several books. These include the short story collections No One Belongs Here More Than You (2007) and It Chooses You (2011), along with the novels The First Bad Man (2015) and All Fours (2024).

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