Since 21 March, Claire Burger has been filming Foreign Tongue [+lee también:
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entrevista: Jean-Christophe Meurisse
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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! [+lee también:
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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 [+lee también:
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entrevista: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
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As a reminder, Les Films de Pierre currently has Red Island [+lee también:
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