Forgiveness for the past
When Autumn Falls
Directed by François Ozon
Certificate 15, 102 minutes
Released 21 March
Reviewed in Reform magazine, March 2025.
Judge not lest ye be judged, we are told. At the start of this latest drama from François Ozon, an ever-reliable director who rarely repeats himself, a devoted, eightysomething grandmother Michelle (Hélène Vincent) accidentally gives her fortysomething daughter Valérie (Ludivine Sagnier) food poisoning when she picks and cooks mushrooms.
Once out of hospital, the daughter, unable to forgive her mum, takes the disappointed grandson Lucas (Galan Erlos) – who was to have spent the Summer holidays in the country with his beloved granny – back home to Paris.
The daughter’s reaction isn’t really about the food, though…
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