Looking for 'Franz': Agnieszka Holland's Kafka biopic pursues the man behind the legend

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Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Holland's surrealist drama "Franz" portrays the Czech author as a young man, committed to his writing and his ideals, in spite of a dismissive father and the pressure to conform.

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