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...Directed by François Ozon, 2016 Curzon Artificial Eye It’s typical of François Ozon’s teasing style that we don’t see much of Frantz in Frantz....
...The pretty, inexpressive Anna — a wistful pout and doleful simper being the most that newcomer Paula Beer seems able to bring to the role — pines with a love we never believe in for a slain soldier fiancé...
...Shot on 35mm film in warmly enveloping black-and-white, it is set in 1919 and tells the story of Anna, a young German woman (beautifully played by Paula Beer), who befriends Adrien (Pierre Niney), a Frenchman...
...Beer for her luminous portrayal of a war widow in François Ozon’s Frantz....
...Luckily François Ozon came to the rescue with Frantz. Set in Weimar-era Germany, this mostly black-and-white, German-language outing is a mature work from a director not always known for his subtlety....
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