Franz is a 1971 Belgian-French film directed by Jacques Brel.
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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. Léonie is reserved, formal, and conservative. Léonie finds herself attracted to Léon, a Belgian who was a mercenary in Katanga in 1964, was wounded and carries psychological scars from the war. The other men play practical jokes on Léon, some of them cruel. As Léon courts Léonie, his mother brings him emotional distress as do his memories of war. The unlikely pair struggle to get past these obstacles.
Cast
Jacques Brel – Léon
Barbara – Léonie
Danièle Évenou – 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