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Dec 19, 2018 · In 2008, she made “Forbach,” a short film that won the Cinéfondation Award in Cannes and the Grand Prix at the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival. Together with Marie Amachoukeli, she co-directed “Demolition Party” and “C’est gratuit pour les filles.”
Synopsis. Samuel returns to Forbach, his birthplace, to receive a medal. In this coal mining city of Lorraine, everyone is proud of his Parisian success: a native of the region is on his way to become a famous actor. For Samuel, it is the occasion to take up with his family again.
It is Forbach, a forsaken place like many others, but one Claire Burger knows like the back of her hand, that she chose as the setting of almost all her films, whether short or long, and it is its otherwise undistinguished inhabitants that became her heroes and heroines.
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- Forbach, Moselle, France
- Claire Burger
Jun 5, 2009 · Forbach: Directed by Claire Burger, Marie Amachoukeli-Barsacq. With Raymond Burger, Angélique Litzenburger, Anita Mergen, Jacques Ropital. Samuel is an actor and lives in Paris. The town hall of Forbach offers to give him the city's medal of honor.
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- Claire Burger, Marie Amachoukeli-Barsacq
The town hall of Forbach offers to give him the city's medal of honor. For Samuel, it is also an opportunity to reconnect with his mother and his brother and to rejoice with them. Samuel is an actor and lives in Paris.
- Claire Burger
It is Forbach, a forsaken place like many others, but one Claire Burger knows like the back of her hand, that she chose as the setting of almost all her films, whether short or long, and it is its otherwise undistinguished inhabitants that became her heroes and heroines.
Marie Amachoukeli and Claire Burger met during their studies at La Fémis, Marie studied screenplay and Claire editing. Together they directed the short film Forbach (Grand Prize at Clermont-Ferrand short film Festival), with unprofessional actors playing their own lifes.
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