Matching its daring visual choices with poignant heart, Frantz is a rigourously crafted tale of love, forgiveness, and life after a death that is greatly bolstered by remarkable performances by Pierre Niney and Paula Beer.

Nothing good comes from lying

Beautiful and moving movie, makes you think ...why we would ever start a war!

Frantz é um retrato da alma humana, que perpassa a barreira da ficção e se conecta aos sentimentos mais profundos. A dinâmica entre a vida e o morte/luto e as cores, é de uma perspicácia admirável. Um das Mensagens finais que podem ser extraídas, conecta a importância de se viver por aqueles que perdemos e a noção de que na guerra não existem vitoriosos, apenas enlutados, noções, deveras conhecidas, e que aqui são brilhantemente demonstradas.

Taking fifty minutes to unmask a twist that you can see coming a mile a way, Ozon's remake of the 1930's story tries to bestow a new perspective on the "time heals all" platitude. Great production design, music and cinematography that sometimes gets befuddled while switching from black and white to colored scenes, completely muddling any possible interpretations by trying to be everything at once.

A beautiful and devastating film. A gem, perhaps one of the greats!

The beginning of the movie is a little flawed, it lags with empty and slow dialogues and let you believe that the rest of the movie will be predictable. The real hook of the movie is when the first revelation is made, proving to the viewers that the story won't follow a familiar road and I'm happy to say that it is like that until the very end. The characters confront very difficult choices about their grief and their love, two strong forces that put them in thought provoking situation. Visually, the film, without being breath taking, is nice to look at. The black and white works well. There is a few scenes in colors that seems highlight important moments of the movie, even if the reason of the transition to colors is unclear. The film also wants to share the relation between France and Germany one year after the first world war. Navigating between both of these country, it's difficult to not feel the tension left by the war and the sadness of all the sacrifices it brought for the survivors.

This is a very thought-provoking and quite poignant watch. It's ultimately about grief (inevitable death in war) and forgiveness and so its a bit of a sad watch at times. I liked that it is partially black and white, it gives it a bit of a timeless feel to it. Its a relatively arty sort of film as well but not entirely in a pretentious way. The themes are handled sensitively, with quite likeable characters. I would recommend this film to world cinema fans, yes.

The film kept my attention for the duration which given this is a subtitled film and not my usual type was a success. Its very well made, the WW1 theme and the dislike of the French and Germans for each other was excellently handled and where the film was taking the viewer (whilst I had my ideas) remained fresh throughout. Its good but the gentle pace stops it from being great.

A gorgeously filmed movie, a web of lies which tries to take the pain away. Well-acted and deeply moving. A not-so-love story about hiding secrets and the emotional destruction caused by the war, set in hurt nations that find difficult trust again in each other. This is also the never-told-before story of the defeated ones, the pain of the loss and the urgency to be healed. I think this is what we call ¨good cinema¨.

Enjoyable film reminding of the awful effects of war. Beautifully shot. Well cast. Hoping for a happier ending but it was more in line with reality.

I thought it was a fantastic story about the idiocy of war.

In our current society in which populism and isolationism are so apparently popular, it is interesting and educational to see some of its risks. This movie subtly plays with the interplay of color and black&white as it does with the value of truth and lies. It plays with your attention as well as it plays with your emotions. If you can't feel this movie, you are beyond feeling. If so, I pity you and, if your attitude is commonly felt, I fear for our future.

This is my third time viewing "Frantz." Excellent in all categories.

If this were a book I'd have thrown it against the wall when I finished. It pretends to turn the tropes of melodrama and romance into some grand statement about the vagaries of war and the borderless humanity that unites us, but truly, it's just a depressing, narcissistic literary novel about a pasty-faced selfish French man/boy who doesn't care if he torments the grieving family and fiancee of a WW1 German soldier. BAH.

Una obra maestra, es una de las películas más intensas, tristes, y con una impresionante fotografía en blanco y negro.

Wonderful movie with wonderful acting. Beautiful black and white photography with the use of colour at specific moments. At the beginning of the movie you feel like someone watching from a distance - almost like a play - but gradually the moving, intense story and acting gradually suck you in and you feel every emotion that the actors feel and portray. What a brilliant end!

A beautiful story of healing from the tragedy of the first world war, this film takes place in France and Germany. Recommend.

A masterpiece. One of the most thought provoking, intense, incredibly sad, yet beautiful movies I have ever seen. I shed many a tear throughout the movie, but it was the ending that had me awestruck. It is hard to describe the many, many emotions that I went through while watching this film. Truly a piece of cinematic art.

This is a pleasant film to see. The plot contains far from convincing episodes, but these are not able to spoil the whole thing. When so few interesting movies are released, a proposal like this one is welcome. At least you do not feel an impulse to get out of the cinema nor do you regret the two hours spent in watching the film.