Cycle of Time
An ordinary 1958 couple is jolted into a comic collision with the radically transformed world of 2025.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Mild
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- None
- witty
- warm
- playful
- lighthearted movie night
- lazy weekend
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Michel and Hélène move from their uneventful 1958 life into the radically changed world of 2025.
The Dupuis couple's household roles and assumptions from 1958 are tested by their encounter with contemporary life.
The accidental temporal displacement turns differences between 1958 and 2025 into the film's comic engine.
The story juxtaposes Michel's bank and Hélène's household-centered 1958 routine with the changed world they discover in 2025.
Films like Cycle of Time, and why
Back to the Future
time travel comedy built around culture shock between past and present
Pleasantville
warm fish-out-of-water comedy contrasting traditional values with modern society
The Visitors
French-language speculative comedy using social change and family dynamics for humor
Movie Details
- Director
- Vinciane Millereau
- Release Date
- 2025-10-08
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Rating
- 6.1 / 10 (124)
Cast
- Elsa Zylberstein
- Didier Bourdon
- Mathilde Le Borgne
- Céline Fuhrer
- Maxim Foster
- Aurore Clément
- Didier Flamand
- Romain Cottard
- François Perache
- Esteban Delsaut
Common questions
- What is Cycle of Time about?
- An ordinary 1958 couple is jolted into a comic collision with the radically transformed world of 2025.
- What is Cycle of Time like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Cycle of Time as brisk, its intensity as mild and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Cycle of Time violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in Cycle of Time.
- Which films are like Cycle of Time?
- Films with a similar feel include Back to the Future, Pleasantville, and The Visitors.
- How long is Cycle of Time?
- Cycle of Time runs 103 minutes.
