When Fall is Coming: François Ozon’s Delicate Mystery in the Autumnal Forest

In When Fall Is Coming, François Ozon transforms a seemingly accidental mushroom poisoning into a delicate psychological mystery. Against the misty autumnal landscapes of Burgundy, Hélène Vincent delivers a remarkable performance in a story of fractured family relationships, buried secrets, and moral ambiguity. A quietly unsettling meditation on guilt, forgiveness, and the impossibility of escaping the past.

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