Fanny, a shy and lonely teenager, goes on a language exchange to Germany. In Leipzig, she meets her pen pal, Lena, a teenager eager to become politically active. Fanny is troubled. To win over Lena, she invents a life for herself, to the extent of becoming trapped in her lies.
Acting
Grasmug's physical shame is almost too real to watch.
Direction
Burger lets scenes breathe until you want to scream.
Director
Claire Burger
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Burger based Fanny's lies on real stories from language exchange programs, where class differences between French and German students often go unspoken.
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