Softwing Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

ShangLuda Admirable film.

Joanna Mccarty Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

Leoni Haney Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

rps-2 This film is poetry on celluloid. Beautiful, lyrical, powerful, thoughtful, artistic. I could go on... In essence it is a very complex love story set in Germany and France in 1919,the horrors of the Great War still very vivid, very recent and very painful. Complex it may be. But you can follow the story line with no problem, despite its many misleading twists and turns. Much of the plot has to do with well intentioned lies. But that is an over simplification. The story is tender and lovely with moments of both joy and sadness. The film is mostly black and white, done with the rich depth and shading that are so effective when handled by a master. Some scenes are in colour however. They're effective and nicely done but I'm puzzled about their purpose. No matter! This is one beautiful, unique and memorable film.

mart-burton I saw the trailer for this foreign film in the last week. What appealed to me was the sensitivity between the male and female leads. It was shot mainly in black-and-white. It seemed to have a measured pace to it that was perhaps covering up some deep emotion. The trailer had some beautiful cinematography in a scene by a lake. The trailer set up a bit of a mystery which was intriguing.So the timing was right tonight and on a romantic whim I went to see it. I thought I knew why the character Adrian claimed he was a friend of Frantz. But as it turned out I was wrong. I was pleased to be wrong and be therefore taken on a ride along where the film took me. The film was set in Germany and Paris in 1919 and explores the attitudes between the French and Germans still raw after WW1.I enjoyed it. The film dealt with a number of issues: guilt, pride, love, loss, heartache, nationalism and others.These days there is so much below-average Hollywood pap that is not worth seeing, it's a pleasant change to experience a film that is more human.I recommend it.

Tom Dooley Set in the German town of Quedlinberg in 1919 we meet Anna. Her fiancé –Frantz – has been killed near the end of The Great War and she mourns at an empty grave – his body having never been repatriated. She lives with his parents who are both grieving in different ways. Then one day she sees a man weeping at the graveside and discovers he is French. He soon makes himself known as a pre war friend of their beloved Frantz and breaks down their initial hostility towards him to get to know them better.But all is not what it seems and this becomes a story of not one but two odyssey's as the storie(s) unfold along twist and turns. The film is shot in monochrome and colour. When it is black and white it is where things are bleak as if all the colour has drained from the world and then when love and hope appear so does the radiant colours. A simple enough device but done with subtle intensity an a film that takes its cinematography, rightfully, seriously.The acting is all sublime with Piere Niney ('Yves St. Laurent') as the Frenchman – Adrien Rivoire – being perfectly cast balancing the fragility and immediacy of the role perfectly. Paula Beer as Anna really grows into her role too, which is necessary from the plots development and from the actual character development and is prefect also. All supporting actors are just spot on. The film also shies away from the melodrama that is often associated with extremes of emotion and take the everyday and makes it important.This is one of those films that comes along all too seldom. It is in French and German with good subtitles. Yes it can be called 'Arthouse' but it is also a simple but powerful story told with great care and skill and is a film that will reward you for sticking with it to the end – easily recommended.

rock-me1 After seeing the trailer I was genuinely interested in this film. I felt that World War I and the immediate post-war years are generally underrepresented in film, and the trailer promised a suspenseful romance/mystery.My enthusiasm turned into disappointment after the first 30 minutes of the film. Cliché dialogues, which I thought to be a stylistic device at first, just became silly and repetitive. It seemed Characters constantly uttered melancholy lines and broke out into tears seemingly at random. The wooden acting did not help at all. In the end I actually found it quite upsetting that the suffering of World War I was being exploited for such a dull tearjerker.The themes of European rapprochement after World War I and individual forgiveness had a lot of potential in my opinion, but in the way this film dealt with them, this potential was almost entirely wasted.