Colours of Time (La Venue de l'avenir)

Is there enough "me"?

Meaning?

There's not too much painting?

We can still see you.

Don't worry.

It's great!

- Really? - Yeah.

Start the choreography!

- Super, huh! - Great.

Wanna see?

Playback, please.

The dress is gorgeous.

The colors are awesome in this collection!

And the makeup's cool.

Too bad the yellow dress clashes with the painting.

I can change the color of the dress.

We can't do that!

It's a collaboration.

Just change the color of the painting.

Great idea!

Okay.

- Great! - Perfect.

COLORS OF TIME

Thank you all for coming.

We've long planned this meeting

with Maryline Ménard, genealogist,

and my colleague, Jocelyne Jean-Baptiste.

As you know, you're all descendants

of a woman, born in 1873, Adèle Meunier,

née Vermillard.

Maryline's led a two-year investigation

unraveling your family ties.

I give you the floor.

Thank you.

Adèle Meunier had 3 children,

whom you're descended from,

divided into three distinct branches.

Please...

Here you can see your entire family tree.

Now let's display...

Those who have died are shown in gray.

And those in color

are all your living family members,

who are perhaps here.

We've done this research

because the city wants to purchase Adèle Meunier's house and property.

So I turn the floor over to Mr. Duquesne,

head of the Economic Activity Zone.

Specifically...

we want to expand the existing shopping mall

to create a gorgeous European hub.

We'll have a 3,000-space parking lot.

And even...

eco-friendly parking,

to be located on the current location

of your family's house.

It seems that the house

has been shuttered since 1944.

It can only be opened in the presence of the heirs.

So you'll choose 4 representatives

to open the house today with the proper authorities.

- You should go. - No.

- Yes, you have to go. - No.

Thank you.

Thank you.

My pleasure.

Do you authorize us to open the door?

Yes, go ahead.

Amazing!

All those photos!

Isn't it?

Yes.

It's your entire family history.

What's that painting?

I don't know.

It's quite beautiful.

And I have no idea what that is.

It's so moving.

To think that we're descendants of all these people.

Yeah.

I was looking...

That woman...

I think she could be my grandmother.

And if I understand correctly,

that's the Adèle Meunier you mentioned.

Yes, that could be Adèle Meunier.

Because she had 3 children.

- Ophélie... - My great-grandmother!

François, and the baby would be Louis.

Your great-grandmother? So we're fairly distant.

Ophélie was my great-grandfather Louis' sister.

Was your grandmother the one who went to Algeria?

- No, that was my mother. - Your mother!

My mom said her great aunt fell for an Algerian.

Exactly! She had 2 kids with her first husband,

then went to Algeria and met my father, Mohamed.

I was born of that union.

Okay.

That clarifies everything!

You okay?

Yeah. Sorry...

I was on a 15-hour shoot yesterday, so...

I need a little rest.

Look, here's a 1944 calendar.

The days are crossed off up until September 4.

They may have been victims of the Le Havre bombings.

The entire city was wiped out in two days.

And right around those dates...

Gaspard!

Gaspard!

Adèle!

You're leaving?

Yes.

Why didn't you say it was today?

I knew it was hard for you, but...

it's hard for me, too.

Telling you too soon would have been worse.

- I was scared you'd tell me to stay. - Stay!

You can't just leave!

Yes, I can.

I want to go to Paris, Gaspard.

To find my mommy.

It's dangerous, going to Paris. All alone.

I'll write to you.

You can't write, Adèle.

I'll... figure it out, I'll find someone.

That way you'll think of me.

That won't even survive the trip.

Here.

Don't be mad at me.

I have no family left here, and I feel like...

I'll never grow up, without knowing my mommy.

Do you trust me?

Of course I trust you.

Seb...

You okay?

Yeah.

We have to go. I'll wait over there.

Be right there.

How about a little meet-&-greet?

"Meet-&-greet"?

I dunno, to say what we do,

where we're from, what we want.

We're family, but we don't even know each other.

True.

You, for example. What do you do, Seb?

I create digital contents.

"Tent".

"Tent"?

Con-"tent".

Right, "tent". Digital content.

We know you didn't create just one.

How about you?

I'm an engineer in the transport industry.

I have a master's in Prospective, Innovation and Disruption.

Now I work on disruptive projects for railway innovation.

Disruptive? Meaning?

There are 2 ways to look at the future.

As a logical continuation of the present,

or by integrating the notion of rupture.

Okay.

And what side are you on?

I'm a big believer in bust-ups!

Technological bust-ups, I mean.

"Technological" because you just broke up with someone?

Yes.

Well...

No. I mean, it's complicated.

I won't even ask you.

You're obviously a French teacher.

Absolutely. In middle school.

Today, a teacher

also has to be a community manager.

I spend my life on WhatsApp.

With parents, students, other teachers. It's a nightmare.

The government must bleed you dry.

National Education is constantly changing ministers!

It just gets worse.

I can't complain.

I love my job.

And I work with students, not ministers.

So it doesn't change much for me.

Since no one asked...

I'm a beekeeper.

A beekeeper?

That's good. I mean, they're useful!

"Beekeeper" is reductive.

Obviously, I make honey, I tend to the bees.

But I'm mostly an activist at the FNBU.

- FNBU? - The French National Beekeepers Union.

We're active in the battle against big capital -

GMOs, pesticides, all that crap.

If this goes on, there'll be no bees left on Earth.

Sorry, my girlfriend just got back from Dubai.

What's incredible about bees...

Seb! Where are you?

On the train.

We're all going clubbing tonight!

To celebrate the start of the end of fashion week. Wanna come?

- Big time! - Cool!