While le film français folks believe they have exclusive news on Nina Hoss and Chiara Mastroianni being cast in Claire Burger anticipated third feature (we reported on them being cast back in September), the actual big news is that Lilith Grasmug of Bloody Oranges (read review), The Passengers of the Night and Foudre (read review) fame (along with the upcoming La Morsure) will topline the project revolving around two adolescents Fanny and Léna. Unknown Josefa Heinsius will be her screen partner. The dramatic comedy is finally moving into production this month via the Les films de Pierre’s Marie-Ange Luciani. This lines up Langue étrangère for a Berlinale or Cannes premiere next year. Burger gave us award-winning (co-directed) Party Girl in 2014 and C’est ça l’amour in 2018 – we interviewed the filmmaker in Marrakech.
This centres around 15-year-old Fanny (Lilith Grasmug) who leaves her French home in Strasbourg for the very first time to spend a month in Leipzig.
