Franz (1972)

  • NR
  • 02/07/1972 (BE)
  • Drama, Romance
  • 1h 31m

Overview

In a French seaside town, at a boarding house for civil servants recovering from surgery and maladies, the six male residents' lives change dramatically when two women arrive: Catherine, lively, sexually liberated, willing to kiss, dance, and sleep with the men, and Leonie, reserved, formal, conservative. Leonie finds herself attracted to Leon, a Belgian who was a mercenary in Katanga in 1964, wounded and carrying psychological scars as well. The other men continually play practical jokes on Leon, some of them cruel. As Leon courts Leonie, his horrid mother brings him emotional distress as do his memories of war. Can the two of them get past these obstacles?

Jacques Brel

Director, Writer

Paul Andréota

Writer

Cast

Jacques Brel's headshot

Jacques Brel

Léon
Barbara's headshot

Barbara

Léonie
Danièle Evenou's headshot

Danièle Evenou

Catherine
Fernand Fabre's headshot

Fernand Fabre

Antoine
Louis Navarre's headshot

Louis Navarre

Armand
Ceel's headshot

Ceel

Pascal
Serge Sauvion's headshot

Serge Sauvion

Serge
François Cadet's headshot

François Cadet

Jules

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