Foreign Language

Foreign Language (2024)

Langue étrangère

Fanny, a shy and lonely teenager, goes on a language exchange to Germany. In Leipzig, she meets her pen pal, Lena, a teenager eager to become politically active. Fanny is troubled. To win over Lena, she invents a life for herself, to the extent of becoming trapped in her lies.

Date of release
2024-09-11
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (50)
Runtime
1h 45m
Genres
Drama
Director
Claire Burger

Casting

Interesting facts

Langue étrangère is a 2024 tragicomedy co-written and directed by Claire Burger. The film starring Lilith Grasmug and Josefa Heinsius is about a French teenager who visits her pen pal from Germany of the same age and falls in love with her.

Production

The film is directed by Claire Burger for Les Films de Pierre. Julien Poupard and Frédéric Baillehaiche are respectively cinematographer and editor of the film. Rebeka Warrior composed the music of the film.

Produced by Marie-Ange Luciani for Les Films de Pierre, the film is being co-produced by Arte France Cinéma, Razor Film Produktion and Les Films du Fleuve. Ad Vitam have the French distribution rights while the German rights are with Port au Prince Pictures. The international sales are done by Goodfellas.

Principal photography began on 20 March 2023 in Leipzig and Strasbourg. Filming ended on 6 May 2023 with filming locations in the regions of Grand Est in France and Saxony in Germany.

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