Original name: Quand Vient L'Automne
English name: When Fall Is Coming
Year: 2024
Run time: 104 minutes
Language: French
Type (Colour/ Black & white): Colour
Country: France
Director: François Ozon
Producer: François Ozon
Cast: Hélène Vincent, Josiane Balasko
Screenplay: François Ozon
Cinematographer: Jérôme Alméras
Editor: Anita Roth
Sound Designer: Brigitte Taillandier, Julien Roig, Jean-Paul Hurier
Music Composer: Evgueni Galperine, Sacha Galperine
Costume Designer: Pascaline Chavanne
Production Designer: Christelle Maisonneuve
Production Company: FOZ
World Sales: Playtime
Born in Paris on 15 November 1967, after graduating in film from the Sorbonne he studied directing at the Parisian film school FEMIS from 1990-93. After several short films, he made a name for himself with a family farce, Sitcom (1998). He took part in Competition at the Berlinale in the year 2000 with his Fassbinder adaptation Gouttes d'eau sur pierres brulantes, and again in 2002 with 8 Femmes.
Michelle is enjoying a peaceful retirement in a Burgundy village, close to her longtime friend Marie-Claude. When her Parisian daughter Valérie drops off her son Lucas to spend school vacation with his grandma, Michelle, stressed out by her daughter, serves her toxic mushrooms for lunch. Valérie quickly recovers, but forbids her mother from seeing her grandson anymore. Feeling lonely and guilty, Michelle falls into a depression… until Marie-Claude's son gets out of prison.