Acclaimed French filmmaker Cédric Klapisch directs and co-writes this sprawling period drama set in the vibrant world of fin-de-siècle Paris.
How to watch Colours of Time in Australia
Colours of Time is screening exclusively in Australian cinemas from July 23, 2026.
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Dir: Cédric Klapisch
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Coming to cinemas 23 July
What is Colours of Time about?
We start in the modern day, when four cousins discover they share a mysterious family history when they’re brought together by the unexpected inheritance of an abandoned house in the hinterlands of Normandy. While the house has been abandoned since the 1940s, they discover a trove of paintings and photographs from the 19th century.
Together they retrace the life of their creator, their shared ancestor Adèle who, as a young woman in 1895, headed to the burgeoning city of Paris in search of her missing mother, only to get caught up in the avant-garde art world as the rise of photography and the dawn of the Impressionist art movement revolutionise modern aesthetics.
As the four uncover her amazing experiences, replete with encounters with various luminaries of the time, the parallels between both time periods become more and more apparent.
The cast of Colours of Time
Suzanne Lindon is Adèle Vermillard, Abraham Wapler is Seb, Vincent Macaigne is Guy, Julia Piaton is Céline, Zinedine Soualem is Abdel, Paul Kircher is Anatole, Vassili Schneider is Lucien, Sara Giraudeau is Odette, and Cécile de France is Calixte de La Ferrière.
Plus, Olivier Gourmet is artist Claude Monet, Fred Testot as Félix Nadar, François Berléand is author Victor Hugo, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu is actress Sarah Bernhardt, with Vincent Perez, Raïka Hazanavicius, Louise Pascal, François Chattot rounding out the large supporting cast.
Colours of Time trailer
Why we’re excited about Colours of Time
A big, sprawling, sumptuous, historical epic about art, life, and love in the City of Lights? We simply must say “oui”.