Future Me

In the third and final part of Vincent Boy Kars' 'millennial trilogy', both Kars himself and actor Martijn Lakemeier play Vincent. They engage in dialogue with Vincent's mother, his father, his girlfriend Eva, a therapist, and others, to examine how he became the person that he is today. Can he free himself from his past and become the person he wants to be in the future? As Vincent explains in the film to Eva: "Fiction is the lie we use to tell the truth." As in previous work, Kars deploys fiction to explore the many facets of the human condition and our inner world - although eventually, he mainly uses it to close in on himself. To what extent is Future Me fiction? Where is the line between Vincent the director and Vincent the character? These questions are not easy to answer, but important because they make us think about the all-encompassing visual culture in which we live. In Future Me, Kars is more vulnerable than ever, sharing his emotional struggles for the first time. The result is Kars' most personal, intimate, and multi-layered film to date, resonating far beyond the confines of the cinematic universe he has created in recent years. The film is highly personal, yet very universal - holding up a mirror for the viewer.