Colours of Time

May 22, 2025

2h 6m

★ 7.7

Overview

Brought together by the unexpected inheritance of an abandoned house in rural Normandy, four cousins discover they share a mysterious family history. In 1895, their ancestor Adèle, then aged 21, leaves her hometown to search for her mother in Paris. She discovers a city on the cusp of modernity, bustling with new-found avant-garde creativity, with the rise of photography and the birth of Impressionist painting. As her descendants retrace her steps, they unravel Adèle's surprising past. The two timelines of 1895 and 2024 intertwine and collide, confronting the cousins’ contemporary attitudes with life in late 19th century Paris, leaving everyone’s future forever changed.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Ce Qui Me Meut Motion Pictures

Ce qui me meut

France 2 Cinéma

La Compagnie Cinématographique

Panache Productions

Colours of Time Trailers

Cast

Adèle Meunier born Vermillard

Suzanne Lindon

Seb / Claude Monet 1874

Abraham Wapler

Guy

Vincent Macaigne

Céline

Julia Piaton

Abdelkrim

Zinedine Soualem

Anatole

Paul Kircher

Lucien

Vassili Schneider

Odette Vermillard

Sara Giraudeau

Calixte de La Ferrière

Cécile de France

Claude Monet 1895

Olivier Gourmet

Fleur, singer

Claire Pommet

Félix Nadar

Fred Testot

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