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Product Description Set in Germany and France in the immediate aftermath of the First World War, (1914-1918), Frantz recalls the mourning period that follows great national tragedies as seen through the eyes of the war s lost generation : Anna (21 year-old Paula Beer in a breakthrough performance), a bereft young German woman whose fiancé, Frantz, was killed during trench warfare, and Adrien (Pierre Niney, Yves Saint Laurent), a French veteran of the war who shows up mysteriously in her town, placing flowers on Frantz s grave. Adrien's presence is met with resistance by the small community still reeling from Germany s defeat, yet Anna gradually gets closer to the handsome and melancholy young man, as she learns of his deep friendship with Frantz, conjured up in evocative flashbacks. What follows is a surprising exploration of how Ozon's characters wrestle with their conflicting feelings - survivor s guilt, anger at one s losses, the overriding desire for happiness despite everything that has come before, and the longing for sexual, romantic and familial attachments. Ozon drew his inspiration from Ernst Lubitsch s 1932 drama Broken Lullaby, with stunning visual references to painter Caspar David Friedrich. Review Exquisite and haunting...one of the talented director Francois Ozon's very best films. --Dennis Dermody, Paper NYT Critics' Pick. Lyrically seductive. --Stephen Holden, The New York Times Astonishingly beautiful and inquisitive. It is impossible to deny the sheer narrative sophistication. --Eric Kohn, Indiewire

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After Laura, a young piano student, miraculously survives a car crash, she awakens in a nearby house in the care of a local woman. As she recovers, Laura begins to integrate herself into the lives of the woman and her estranged family. Haunted yet hopeful, Laura and her adopted family come to find a strange harmony together. However, they cannot outrun the ghosts of the past, which begin to stir. Bonus Features: 1. New video interview with filmmaker Christian Petzold 2. Booklet with new writing from film programmer Ariel Esteban-Cayer

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Product Description As fascism spreads, German refugee Georg (Franz Rogowski) flees to Marseille and assumes the identity of the dead writer whose transit papers he is carrying. Living among refugees from around the world, Georg falls for Marie (Paula Beer), a mysterious woman searching for her husband-the man whose identity he has stolen. Adapted from Anna Segher's 1942 novel, TRANSIT shifts the original story to the present, blurring periods to create a timeless exploration of the plight of displaced people. Review Like a remake of CASABLANCA as written by Kafka. --David Ehrlich, IndieWire Extraordinary! Conceptually daring. --Guy Lodge, Variety A stunning work. --Vikram Murthi, Rogerebert.com

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*This listing is for the standard edition version and does NOT come with a limited edition slipcase!* Christian Petzold boldly reimagines the ancient myth of Undine in this suspenseful tale of romance and betrayal in modern day Berlin. Bonus Features: 1. Audio commentary by Marco Abel (University of Nebraska), author of The Counter-Cinema of the Berlin School (2013), and Jaimey Fisher (University of California, Davis and Irvine), author of Christian Petzold (2013), co-editors with Aylin Bademsoy of Christian Petzold: Interviews (2023) 2. Booklet with new writing by Olivia Landry and Ailie Margot