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Franz (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Franz' is a 1971 Belgian-French film directed by Jacques Brel.
Plot
The story takes place in a Belgian seaside town, at a boarding house for convalescing civil servants. 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.[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0205073/ IMDB]
Cast
* Jacques Brel Leon
* Barbara Leonie
* Danile venou Catherine
* Fernand Fabre Antoine
* Louis Navarre Armond
* Ceel Pascal
* Serge Sauvion Serge
* Franois Cadet Jules
* Luc Poret Henri
* Jacques Provins Grosjean
* Catherine Bady Madame Grosjean
References
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