A beloved grandmother, her grandson, the forest, mushrooms… When autumn comes, the first images are comforting, but as is often the case with François Ozon, things always end up going wrong. For his 23rd film – in just 26 years! – The director and screenwriter offers us a more disturbing thriller than it seems.
For this project, he brings together two actors very popular in the general public: Helen Vincent and Josian Balasco. The first gives its properties to Michelle.A good grandmother in all respects“, who lives in peaceful retirement in a small village in Burgundy, not far from his best friend Marie-Claude. On All Saints’ Day, his daughter Valerie (Loudivine Sagnier) comes to visit him and leaves his son Lucas for a week. Vacation, but nothing happens as as planned.
Is he guilty or innocent?
The trailer of the film suggests that the main character is involved in the investigation of poisonous mushrooms after the murder of a man. It is at this moment that the troubled past of this seemingly harmless grandmother emerges.
Hélène Vincent and Josiane Balasco have already starred in François Ozon’s Grâce à Dieu, which was released in 2018. Here they are surrounded by Ludivine Sagnier, Pierre Lottin (Les Tuche, La Nuit du 12), Sophie Guillemin, Garlan Erlos. Or Malik Zid.
When Autumn Comes hits theaters on October 2.
Source: Allocine
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