French Dir Francois Ozon's "Frantz" WWI Survivors Forgiving and Moving Forward in France and Germany

"Frantz" is a German/French language film set in the months just after WWI has ended.  Wounds are still healing for those returning from the battle fronts and bereavement for lost loved ones is omnipresent.   Frantz is the name of a fallen German soldier, beloved by his fiancé Anna (an unforgettable Paula Beer) and mourned by his parents Dr & Mrs Hoffmeister.  Anna, the beautiful German actress, Beer (b 1995) gives a powerfully nuanced performance of sorrow and stirring passions.  She is tending the empty grave of her fallen fiancé when she discovers a stranger paying his respects.  The unknown French foreigner, Adriene Rivoire (Pierre Niney) fought in WWI and claims to have been a friend of Frantz in Paris before the war.  This is what he first tells Anna and the Hoffmeisters.  Adriene was brusquely disbanded from the Hoffmeister's home when he first visited.  Dr Hoffmeister, along with many Germans, considered the French as the murderers of their sons.  This masterpiece of filmmaking shifts gracefully between French & German and stealthily from solemn black/white to scenes of luminescent color.  French dir/screenwriter Francois Ozon balances raw emotional pain & resentment with resilience and compassion.  A budding love story between Anna & Adriene smolders amidst the malice & embers of ruin of two warring nations.  Secrets are kept and revealed under the intention of kindness, "What does truth bring but more pain & tears."  "Frantz" portrays the will to live in the face of death.  Ozon's exemplary film takes us through history's darkest chapters & offers a visceral response of the strengths demanded to move forward in life.  I highly recommend this artistic achievement in movie making.  "As kids, the French and Germans were taught each others language. Then they grew to kill each other."