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 Frantz's grave and to contact that soldier's parents. Although it is difficult for both sides with the bitterness of Germany's defeat, Adrian explains that he knew Frantz and gradually he wins Anna and the Hoffmeisters' hearts as he tries to connect with them. Unfortunately, Adrien and Anna discover the truth of his motives and things seem shattered for all. However, when Adrien leaves, Anna has her own struggles with the truth and her feelings until she sets out to find Adrien in France. With that, Anna has her own journey to make in more than one sense, even as they both realize that neither have easy answers to their complex personal conflicts with each other and the dead man linking them. Written by [url=https://www.imdb.com/search/title?plot_author=Kenneth Chisholm]Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)[/url]
My comments: It is already some time that I have seen such a film. In my opinion in the great tradition of the French novel. Perhaps some will call it a melodrama, but it has nevertheless the power to move a sceptic as the filming is that well made and the actors are convincing. For English people the way of filming will perhaps be a bit "special"? But I see it more with a great dramatic effect and although on the first sight some will find it long winding, I never have it "scrolled through?" a minute as I many times do with not interesting parts... Really that film maker François Ozon, knows what he has to do...
Yes 100 minutes concentrated viewing and not lost one minute...
PS: MM perhaps...it is only some 15 box on amazon...
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