Frantz (2016)

7.5PG-13113 minDirector: François Ozon

2016 drama film

Frantz is a 2016 drama film directed and co-written by François Ozon and starring Paula Beer and Pierre Niney. It is about a young German woman whose fiancé has been killed in World War I and the French soldier who comes bearing a secret about her fiancé. It was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival, where Beer won the Marcello Mastroianni Award. At the 42nd César Awards, Frantz was nominated in eleven categories, winning one for Best Cinematography.

Frantz is a loose adaptation of the 1932 Ernst Lubitsch film Broken Lullaby, which in turn was based on Maurice Rostand's 1930 French play L'homme que j'ai tué.

Plot summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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What is Frantz about?
Frantz (2016) — In 1919 Quedlinburg, Germany, a young woman named Anna is still mourning the death of her fiance, Frantz Hoffmeister, in the Great War while living with his equally devastated parents. One day, a mysterious Frenchman, Adrien Rivoire, comes to town both to pay his respects to Fran
Is Frantz based on a true story?
See the production background and source material details on the official Wikipedia article.
Is Frantz scary?
Content rating: PG-13. See the reviews tab for parental guidance and tone notes.