Wednesday November 15th 2017
France/Germany 119 minutes
Director: Francois Ozon
Starring: Pierre Niney, Paula Beer, Ernst Scotzner
It is 1919, and in a picturesque German village Anna is mourning the death of her fiancé Frantz, killed in the trenches of France. Visiting Frantz’s grave she encounters an enigmatic young Frenchman, Adrien, who is also laying flowers on the grave. He reveals that he knew her fiancé before the war, and has stories of a deep and growing friendship with him- visiting the Louvre and sharing a passion for the violin. Anna introduces him to Frantz’s family; he overcomes their initial hostility and lifts their spirits with his tales of their dead son. Perhaps inevitably, he and Anna draw closer, but all is not what it seems.
