Langue Étrangère
Foreign Tongue (International Competition)
Claire Burger
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.
STARRING
Lilith Grasmug
Josepha Heinsius
Chiara Mastroianni
Nina Hoss
Jalal Altawil
WRITER
Claire Burger
MUSIC
Rebeka Warrior
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
JULIEN POUPARD
EDITING
Frédéric Baillehaiche
SOUND
Julien Sicart
PRODUCTION
LES FILMS DE PIERRE, RAZOR FILM PRODUKTION, LES FILMS DU FLEUVE
Claire Burger
The French screenwriter and director’s film It’s Free for Girls, co-directed with Marie Amachoukeli, won the César for Best Short Film. Her debut feature film Party Girl, co-directed with Marie Amachoukeli and Samuel Theis, won the Golden Camera at the 2014 Cannes film festival. In 2018, she directed Real Love, for which she also wrote the screenplay. The film won Best Film at the Giornate degli Autori – Venice Days film festival.
FILMOGRAPHY
2014 Party Girl; co-directors: Marie Amachoukeli, Samuel Theis
2018 C’est ça l’amour (Real Love)