Franz (film)

Not to be confused with Frantz (film).

Franz
Directed by	Jacques Brel Barbara
Written by	Paul Andréota Jacques Brel
Starring	Jacques Brel
Release dates	1971 (1971)
Running time	91 minutes
Country	Belgium France
Language	French

Franz is a 1971 Belgian-French film directed by Jacques Brel.

Plot

The story takes place in a Belgium seaside town, at a boarding house for civil servants recovering from surgery and illness. The six male residents' lives change dramatically when two women arrive. Catherine is a lively, sexually liberated woman willing to kiss, dance, and sleep with the men. Leonie is reserved, formal, and conservative. Leonie finds herself attracted to Leon, a Belgian who was a mercenary in Katanga in 1964, He was wounded and carries psychological scars of war. The other men play practical jokes on Leon, some of them cruel. As Leon courts Leonie, his mother brings him emotional distress as do his memories of war. The unlikely pair struggle to get past these obstacles.^[1]

Cast

Jacques Brel – Leon
Barbara – Leonie
Danièle Evenou – Catherine
Fernand Fabre – Antoine
Louis Navarre – Armond
Ceel – Pascal
Serge Sauvion – Serge
François Cadet – Jules
Luc Poret – Henri
Jacques Provins – Grosjean
Catherine Bady – Madame Grosjean

References

↑ IMDB

External links

Franz at the Internet Movie Database

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