When Fall Is Coming

When Fall Is Coming
Theatrical release poster
French	Quand vient l'automne
Directed by	François Ozon[1]
Written by	François Ozon
Produced by	François Ozon
Starring	Josiane Balasko Garlan Erlos Hélène Vincent Ludivine Sagnier Pierre Lottin
Cinematography	Jérome Alméras
Edited by	Anita Roth
Music by	Evgueni Galperine Sacha Galperine
Production companies	FOZ France 2 Cinéma Playtime
Distributed by	Diaphana Distribution
Release dates	9 September 2024 (2024-09-09) (Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire) 2 October 2024 (2024-10-02) (France)[2]
Running time	102 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Budget	€4.8 million[2]
Box office	$6.7 million[3]

When Fall Is Coming (French: Quand vient l'automne), released in the UK and Ireland as When Autumn Falls, is a 2024 French drama film written, produced and directed by François Ozon.^[1]

In a quaint Burgundy village, longtime friends and neighbours Michelle and Marie-Claude enjoy a quiet post-retirement lifestyle. Michelle looks forward to spending the summer with her grandson, Lucas, but his stay is cancelled when Michelle accidentally serves his mother poisonous mushrooms. Initially dejected, Michelle begins to feel less lonely when Marie-Claude's son returns home from prison.^[2][4]

• Josiane Balasko as Marie-Claude Perrin
• Garlan Erlos as Lucas Tessier
• Hélène Vincent as Michelle Giraud
• Ludivine Sagnier as Valérie Tessier
• Pierre Lottin as Vincent Perrin
• Sophie Guillemin as the police captain
• Malik Zidi as Laurent Tessier
• Paul Beaurepaire as Lucas Tessier (age 18)
• Sidiki Bakaba as the priest
• Pierre Le Coz as the brigadier
• Michel Masiero as Bernard
• Vincent Colombe as Michelle's doctor
• Marie-Laurence Tartas as the hospital doctor
• Adam O.H. as the church child

When Fall Is Coming had its public premiere in Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire on 9 September 2024, and received a market screening at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival later the same day.

It was later screened at the San Sebastián International Film Festival, in competition for the Golden Shell.^[5] The film was released in France on 2 October 2024.^[2]

The film had its U.S. premiere at the 36th Palm Springs International Film Festival. Music Box Films gave the film a limited theatrical release in the United States beginning on 4 April 2025.^[6]

Parkland Pictures released the film in the UK and Ireland on 21 March 2025, under the title When Autumn Falls.^[7][8]

The film holds a 95% approval rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, based on 44 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "Director François Ozon deftly walks a tonal tightrope with When Fall is Coming, a darkly funny thriller given genuine humanity by Hélène Vincent."^[9] On Metacritic, the film holds a weighted average score of 74/100 based on 11 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.^[10]

• When Fall Is Coming at IMDb