Franz

Franz — Plot

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?

• Release date
• February 7, 1972
• Runtime
• 91 min
• Genres
• Drama, Romance
• Director
• Jacques Brel

Franz — Cast

Jacques Brel Léon Barbara Léonie Danièle Evenou Catherine Fernand Fabre Antoine Louis Navarre Armand

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Ceel Pascal Serge Sauvion Serge François Cadet Jules