Franz (film)
Franz is a 1971 Belgian-French film directed by Jacques Brel.
Plot
The story takes place in a Belgium seaside town, at a boarding house for civil servants recovering from surgery and illness. 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.
Cast
Jacques Brel – Leon
Barbara – Leonie
Danièle Evenou – Catherine
Fernand Fabre – Antoine
Louis Navarre – Armond
Ceel – Pascal
Serge Sauvion – Serge
François Cadet – Jules
Luc Poret – Henri
Jacques Provins – Grosjean
Catherine Bady – Madame Grosjean