FOREIGN LANGUAGE Official HD Scene Clip (2024)

(c) PalaceFilms OFFICIAL SELECTION 2024 BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL (In Competition) The acclaimed new drama from Camera dOrwinning writer, director Claire Burger, FOREIGN LANGUAGE depicts the bittersweet and boundarytesting friendship between two 17yearold schoolgirls one French, one German as they grapple with how to understand themselves and others in an increasingly fluid, postpandemic world. Leipzig, present day. Fanny (Lilith Grasmug) is looking for a fresh start when she arrives by train from Strasbourg as part of a foreign exchange program. Fanny will stay at the home of her pen pal, Lena (Josefa Heinsius, in an electric debut) and her single mother (Nina Hoss), but soon encounters a household in flux. The girls dont immediately hit it off; Fanny is shy and withdrawn, and whilst she can understand Deutsch, her ability to speak it is patchy, whereas the outspoken and largerthanlife Lena exudes confidence and is eager to engage wi