The Future (2011)

91 min · Drama, Tragic Comedy Film, comedy film, drama film, magic realist film, science fiction film

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2025-09 to 2026-08

Directors

Miranda July

Cast

Miranda July, Hamish Linklater, David Warshofsky, Angela Trimbur, Isabella Acres, Clement von Franckenstein

The story

Sophie and Jason are a couple in their 30s. Each works a dead-end job, he as a tech support agent and she as a children's dance instructor. Feeling stuck in their lives, they plan to adopt a cat expected to die within six months due to terminal disease.

Catalogue themes and tags

Adoption, Cat, Dancing Class, Family Planning, Fear of getting Old, Fear of the future, Flucht vor der Ehe, Future Plans, Gegenwart, Gewissen, Infidelity, Intrigue, Lover, Man-Woman-Relationship, Monotony, Nerves, Prediction, Premonition, Relationship Problems, Responsability, T-Shirt, Verantwortung, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, fremdgehen, Comedy film, Drama, Indie

Genres

Drama, Tragic Comedy Film, comedy film, drama film, magic realist film, science fiction film

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