The Years

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Based on Nobel Prize winner Annie Ernaux’s fearless masterpiece, five actors create an unapologetic portrait of a woman shaped by her rapidly-changing world.

She strikes a pose and the camera shutter clicks: A child playing in the debris of the Second World War. Click. A student discovering parties and men’s bodies. Click. An activist fighting for the right to choose. Click. A wife picking out a velvet sofa. Click. A mother taking her eldest to judo. Click. A lover seducing a younger man. Click. A grandmother presenting her granddaughter to the camera. Click.

Produced by Sonia Friedman Productions and The Almeida

“A masterpiece – extraordinarily profound and yet playful drama”

— The Guardian

Creatives

Based on the novel by

Annie Ernaux

Adaptation & Direction

Eline Arbo

Music Supervisor and Sound Designer

Thijs van Vuure

Set Designer

Juul Dekker

Costume Designer

Rebekka Wörmann

Lighting Designer

Varja Klosse