31/03/2023 - Lilith Grasmug, Josefa Heinsius, Nina Hoss and Chiara Mastroianni are among the cast of this Les Films de Pierre, Razor Film and Les Films du Fleuve production being sold by Goodfellas

Since 21 March, Claire Burger has been filming Foreign Tongue [+see also:
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interview: Claire Burger
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interview: Jean-Christophe Meurisse
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interview: Carmen Jaquier
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Written by the director herself in conjunction with Léa Mysius (nominated for the César Award for Best Adaptation in 2020 and 2022 for Oh Mercy! [+see also:
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Produced by Marie-Ange Luciani for Les Films de Pierre, Foreign Tongue is being co-produced by Arte France Cinéma,
 
Germany’s Razor Film Produktion and Belgian outfit Les Films du Fleuve. The feature, which has been pre-purchased by Canal+ and Ciné+, is also being backed via the CNC’s advance on receipts, Eurimages, the Grand Est region, the Eurométropole de Strasbourg, the Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung and the Cofinova and Cinécap Soficas. The seven-week shoot will take place in Leipzig and Strasbourg with Julien Poupard (nominated for the César Award in his category in 2020 and 2023 for Les misérables [+see also:
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As a reminder, Les Films de Pierre currently has Red Island [+see also:
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(Translated from French)