Frantz (2016)
Country: FR/GER
Technical: bw/col/2.39:1 113m
Director: François Ozon
Cast: Pierre Niney, Paula Beer, Ernst Stötzner, Cyrielle Clair
Synopsis:
After the First World War, a bereaved fiancée continues to tend the grave of her beloved, missing in action, and lives with his parents. When a Frenchman comes to town and professes to having known the young Frantz, he sets in train a series of ripples that change things for everyone so that life can move on.
Review:
Uncharacteristically gentle, restrained drama that sets up a range of antiphonal details and uses colour as a symbol of the return to life. The image of provincial Germany, a graveyard for this vibrant young woman, is counterbalanced by an earthy Paris and a Louvre that promises new vistas. A fine piece of film-making, and acting, that says much about the relative importance of truth and patriotism, and offers more than one example of the healing power of music.
Country: FR/GER
Technical: bw/col/2.39:1 113m
Director: François Ozon
Cast: Pierre Niney, Paula Beer, Ernst Stötzner, Cyrielle Clair
Synopsis:
After the First World War, a bereaved fiancée continues to tend the grave of her beloved, missing in action, and lives with his parents. When a Frenchman comes to town and professes to having known the young Frantz, he sets in train a series of ripples that change things for everyone so that life can move on.
Review:
Uncharacteristically gentle, restrained drama that sets up a range of antiphonal details and uses colour as a symbol of the return to life. The image of provincial Germany, a graveyard for this vibrant young woman, is counterbalanced by an earthy Paris and a Louvre that promises new vistas. A fine piece of film-making, and acting, that says much about the relative importance of truth and patriotism, and offers more than one example of the healing power of music.
Country: FR/GER
Technical: bw/col/2.39:1 113m
Director: François Ozon
Cast: Pierre Niney, Paula Beer, Ernst Stötzner, Cyrielle Clair
Synopsis:
After the First World War, a bereaved fiancée continues to tend the grave of her beloved, missing in action, and lives with his parents. When a Frenchman comes to town and professes to having known the young Frantz, he sets in train a series of ripples that change things for everyone so that life can move on.
Review:
Uncharacteristically gentle, restrained drama that sets up a range of antiphonal details and uses colour as a symbol of the return to life. The image of provincial Germany, a graveyard for this vibrant young woman, is counterbalanced by an earthy Paris and a Louvre that promises new vistas. A fine piece of film-making, and acting, that says much about the relative importance of truth and patriotism, and offers more than one example of the healing power of music.