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Foreign Tongue (2024)

Foreign Tongue poster
Original title
Langue étrangère
Directed by
Claire Burger
Genre
drama film, LGBTQ-related film
Country
Germany, France, Belgium
Runtime
1h 45m
Rated
15+
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 50 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A French teenager travels to Germany to meet her pen pal who is the same age. During the visit she falls in love with her.

tragicomictenderearnestgentlebittersweetawkwardintimatehopeful

What happens

Langue étrangère (German: Fremdsprache) is a 2024 tragicomedy co-written and directed by Claire Burger. The film starring Lilith Grasmug and Josefa Heinsius is about a French teenager who visits her pen pal from Germany of the same age and falls in love with her. The European co-production among France, Germany and Belgium was selected in the Competition at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival, where it competed for the Golden Bear with its first screening on 19 February at Berlinale Palast. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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