Foreign Language

Fanny (Lilith Grasmug) is a shy, lonely French teenager who travels to Leipzig on a language exchange to meet her pen pal, Léna (Josefa Heinsius). Léna is her own age and eager to get involved in politics, and Fanny starts inventing a life for herself to win her over. Claire Burger stays close to the two girls as the lies pile up, Fanny hemmed in by the story she has told and Léna still believing it.