When Fall Is Coming

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When Fall Is Coming

Released Apr 4

1h 42m

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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.

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Director François Ozon deftly walks a tonal tightrope with When Fall is Coming, a darkly funny thriller given genuine humanity by Hélène Vincent.

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Jake Wilson

Sydney Morning Herald

...the storytelling is never unclear unless it’s meant to be, the actors have the trick of inspiring sympathy but not total trust, and if you have a taste for cosy unease, Ozon knows the recipe better than most.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jul 31, 2025

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Zachary Barnes

Wall Street Journal

That it is still worthwhile owes largely to the sympathetic, sinuous performance of Hélène Vincent, in the lead role of a grand-mère who may not be as simply sweet as she first appears.

Apr 4, 2025

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Monica Castillo

RogerEbert.com

François Ozon’s dramatic thriller “When Fall is Coming” is deceptively calm and restrained for all the mystery that arises.

Rated: 3.5/4

Apr 4, 2025

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David Griffiths

Subculture Entertainment

A brilliantly written, slow-paced thriller that constantly has its audience trying to work out what was deliberate and what was an accident. The cast bring their A -Game to a film that is one of the best you will see this year.

Rated: 4.5/5

Aug 2, 2025

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Denise Pieniazek

EscribiendoCine

The film by Ozon reflects on moral dilemmas, the nuances between good and evil, family dynamics, but also second chances. It has a great handling of tension and suspense and has the audacity to suggest that prostitutes also have the right to grow old...

Rated: 8/10

Aug 1, 2025

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Alejandro Lingenti

La Nación (Argentina)

...[When Fall Is Coming is a] mostly melancholic story with hints of acid humor that crosses the solemn family drama with the dark thriller with a style very similar to that masterfully patented by Claude Chabrol. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 3/5

Aug 1, 2025

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Lisa

Great life stories of the human population and family’s lives affected and the secrets and judgements of our world!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/24/25

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Alec B

There's an interesting ambiguity to a lot of what happens. Ozon knows what's happening and the actors have a clear idea but the audience could read this in a lot of different ways.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/13/25

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David G

The movie takes you from belief to suspicion and back again. Two of us had a different opinion. A treat to see a film like this that keeps you thinking about it long after you've left the theater

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

08/02/25

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Doug C

This movie is bad. Just don’t waste your money or time.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

08/02/25

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Stephen C

Funny in 1 hour and 42 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $147,900.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dubbed and subtitled in worldwide studios!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/19/25

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Audience Member

Ingenuous script but not developed enough, poor dialogues. Good performance. Dark photography

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

07/09/25

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Synopsis

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.

Director: François Ozon
Producer: François Ozon
Screenwriter: François Ozon, Philippe Piazzo
Distributor: Music Box Films
Production Co: Mandarin & Compagnie
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: French (France)
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 4, 2025, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 10, 2025
Box Office (Gross USA): $147.9K
Runtime: 1h 42m

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