'Franz K'

 

Amazing 'Franz K' by Agnieszka Holland! 

We went to the preview on Friday evening, with my friend Radka, who is now the director of the Czech cultural centre in Paris (!), her brilliant and delightful husband, David, members of the centre's team, and the Czech Ambassador to France, here:

From his childhood in Prague to his writing, the film traces the journey of Franz Kafka, torn between his aspiration for a banal existence, his irrepressible need to write, and tormented relationships... 

Sortie France : 19 Novembre 2025

I studies the whole work of Kafka when I was at La Sorbonne, and wrote my dissertation about the role of the city of Prague his is first fictions and the ones of Milan Kundera.

I then become obsessed with Prague and went to live there for about six months, in the automn then back the following summer. I worked at the French Institute - where I met Radka - then with AFP.

Wonderful memories, amazing city, and unforgettable writer...

Go and see Franz K!