Franz (1972)
In a French seaside town, at a boarding house for civil servants recovering from surgery and maladies, the six male residents' lives change dramatically when two women arrive: Catherine, lively, sexually liberated, willing to kiss, dance, and sleep with the men, and Leonie, reserved, formal, conservative. Leonie finds herself attracted to Leon, a Belgian who was a mercenary in Katanga in 1964, wounded and carrying psychological scars as well. The other men continually play practical jokes on Leon, some of them cruel. As Leon courts Leonie, his horrid mother brings him emotional distress as do his memories of war. Can the two of them get past these obstacles?
Director: Jacques Brel
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Jacques Brel as Léon |
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Barbara as Léonie |
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Danièle Evenou as Catherine |
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Fernand Fabre as Antoine |
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Louis Navarre as Armand |
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Ceel as Pascal |
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Serge Sauvion as Serge |
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François Cadet as Jules |
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Luc Poret as Henri |
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Jacques Provins as Grosjean |
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Catherine Bady as Madame Grosjean |
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Simone Max as Léon's mother |
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Roger Darton as Mother's lover |
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Edouard Caillau as Maître d'hôtel |
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André Gevrey as Coachman |
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Hilda Van Roose as |
| Sound | François Rauber | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Jacques Brel | Director |
| Sound | Jacques Brel | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Paul Andréota | Writer |
| Writing | Jacques Brel | Writer |
| Editing | Jacqueline Thiédot | Editor |
| Editing | Marie-Thérèse Pernet | Editor |
| Camera | Alain Levent | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Denise Vindevogel | Editor |
