Quand Vient L'Automne (aka When Fall Is Coming) (2024)

After a tumultuous life in Paris, an elderly woman (Helene Vincent) has retired to a quiet existence in Burgundy, France. She is estranged from her adult daughter (Ludvine Sagnier) but close to her young grandson (Garlan Erlos). When the son (Pierre Lotin) of her best friend (Josiane Balasko) comes out of prison, everyone's life will be changed. Written and directed by Francois Ozon (8 FEMMES). In the last several years, Francois Ozon has had a run of fine to excellent movies that never quite found the attention in the U.S. that they should have. Movies like THE CRIME IS MINE, BY THE GRACE OF GOD, FRANTZ, DOUBLE LOVER and this one. An often complex look at family dynamics and relationships disguised as a morality thriller. Everyone seems to have a haunted past, sometimes we are (eventually) privy to that past as with Vincent and Balasko and sometimes we're not as with Pierre Lotin, we never find out about what crime he committed to be sent to prison. Just a lovely but slightly disturbing film. With Sophie Guillemin and Paul Beaurepaire.