Synopsis
In the aftermath of WWI, a young German who grieves the death of her fiancé in France meets a mysterious French man who visits the fiance’s grave to lay flowers.
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Cast
- Pierre NineyAdrien Rivoire
- Paula BeerAnna
- Ernst StötznerDoctor Hans Hoffmeister
- Marie GruberMagda Hoffmeister
- Johann von BülowKreutz
- Anton von LuckeFrantz Hoffmeister
- Cyrielle ClairAdrien's Mother
- Alice de LencquesaingFanny
- Axel WandtkeHotel Receptionist
- Rainer EggerGerman Cemetery Caretaker
- 90
The Hollywood Reporter
The way in which Ozon again uses mirror images, which reveal the similarities between the French and the Germans just after the war, or the way Fanny and Anna come to possibly mirror each other again suggest that a master storyteller is at work. - 90
Screen Daily
Frantz is arguably one of the straightest films Ozon has made – in both the dramatic and the sexual senses – but his complex sensibilities and fine-tuned irony are very evident in a mature work that transcends genre pastiche to be intellectually stimulating and emotionally satisfying. - 80
The Guardian
Ozon is often at his best when working with women, and he has a fabulous talent in Paula Beer to bring his protagonist, Anna, to vivid life. She’s stunning in the role. - 70
The New Yorker
As Adrien, Pierre Niney is extraordinary to behold: pale, tapered, and flickering, like a candle made flesh. - 67
The Film Stage
It’s a heady hall of mirrors that keeps revealing, or at least suggesting new depths and angles. But while this kind of intense creative exercise no doubt deserves respect, ultimately one has the uneasy sense that things don’t really add up. - 67
The A.V. Club
Beer and Niney do solid work, but their sensitive efforts can’t quite breathe life into a story that no longer seems terribly relevant. - 50
TheWrap
Frantz too often belabors the obvious and ultimately blunts its own message. - 50
Variety
Frantz plays like classic melodrama, and has certain charms.