In a small German town after World War I, young German woman Anna mourns daily at the grave of her fiancé Frantz who was killed in battle in France. One day Adrien, a young Frenchman (Pierre Niney) also lays flowers at the grave. His presence so soon after the German defeat ignites passions.
François Ozon: As I was researching the film, I realised that telling this story in black and white would make it stronger and seem more real. After all, our memory of the war is in black and white. I thought it would be a useful way of immersing the viewer in the story even more. Also, from an aesthetic point of view, the period the film focuses on was a period of grieving and suffering, one which is difficult to imagine in colour.Then, my natural preference for colour prevailed, and I thought it would be nonetheless good to use it, especially in certain settings. I gave the young girl responsible for location scouting in Germany the paintings of Caspar David Friedrich as a point of reference. She found this beautiful landscape and I really wanted to film it in colour. So I had the idea of using colour to flood the film at certain points, as if life is returning. It’s not used logically, but more emotionally, as a feeling.
François Ozon for Cineurope.org
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS -
Program
- 31.03.2017
DOM NA KINOTO - 16.00 часа - 10.03.2017
INSTITUT FRANCAIS - CINEMA "SLAVEÏKOV" - 19.00 часа - 18.03.2017
CULTURE CENTER “G8” - 19.00 часа - 30.03.2017
CULTURE CENTER “G8” - 20.00 часа - 29.03.2017
CINEMA ODEON - 20.30 часа - 15.03.2017
CINEMA CITY MALL OF SOFIA - 19.00 часа - 13.03.2017
CINEMA ARENA DELUX BULGARIA MALL - 19.00 часа - 18.03.2017
CINE GRAND PARK CENTER - 19.00 часа - 19.03.2017
EURO CINEMA - 20.00 часа - 13.03.2017
CINEMA “VLAIKOVA“ - 19.00 часа - 22.03.2017
FORMAR HALL OF THE FORMER COMMUNIST PARTY HQ - 18.30 часа - 15.03.2017
MCI HOUSE OF CULTURE “ISKAR” - 19.00 часа
