Monday, November 27, 2017

Broken lullabies

The war (WWI) is over, but Frantz ist tot and of course his family is grief-stricken. A mysterious French Adrien Rivoire appears on Frantz's gravesite and it's a guessing game whether he was his friend, enemy or lover - or all of them. Utterly beautiful film, stylishly shot in black and white.

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