It Was Better Tomorrow, a comedy directed by Vinciane Millereau and released in theaters on October 8, 2025, is airing on Canal+ on Friday, April 24, 2026 at 9:10 p.m.. The film brings together Elsa Zylberstein and Didier Bourdon for a time-travel road movie rooted in social satire.
It Was Better Tomorrow
Film | 2025
Release in cinemas: October 8, 2025
Diffusion sur Canal+ : Friday, April 24, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Comedy | Duration: 1h43
From Vinciane Millereau | Screenplay: Vinciane Millereau, Julien Lambroschini | Starring Elsa Zylberstein, Didier Bourdon, Mathilde Le Borgne, Maxim Foster
Nationality: France, Belgium
In a small French town in the 1950s, Hélène and Michel Dupuis lead a conventional life with their two children. Suddenly hurled into 2025, they confront a world that's been radically transformed. For Hélène, long kept in her husband's shadow, the shock translates into emancipation. For Michel, accustomed to male prerogatives, it’s a damning upheaval. The film follows their uphill, reverse-chronology adaptation, blending awkward gags with reflections on how gender relations have evolved.
Vinciane Millereau’s first feature film, the project was co-written with Julien Lambroschini, the screenwriter behind Grand Bain. The project grew out of a proposal from UGC Distribution centered on gender relations, to which Lambroschini contributed the time-travel angle. Filming took place from September to November 2024. The film was presented as the closing feature of the Angoulême Francophone Film Festival before its theatrical release.
Elsa Zylberstein, honored for Simone - Le voyage du siècle, portrays Hélène Dupuis in a clearly comic register. Didier Bourdon, member of Les Inconnus, plays Michel, whose certainties falter in the face of contemporary realities. The social comedy speaks to a broad audience, grounding itself in questions of equality and evolving norms, delivered in an accessible, mainstream style.
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