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Fanny's Journey

Fanny's Journey

Drama · History · 2016

Fanny is a Jewish girl in a French orphanage in 1943. When she and her friends are no longer safe from the Nazis, they try to flee to Switzerland. After their guide disappears, Fanny has to take the lead and help the other kids make it over the mountains.

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Fanny's Journey

2016 Drama · History 1h 34m

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7.2 / 10

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Fanny is a Jewish girl in a French orphanage in 1943. When she and her friends are no longer safe from the Nazis, they try to flee to Switzerland. After their guide disappears, Fanny has to take the lead and help the other kids make it over the mountains.

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Directed by

Lola Doillon

Written by

Anna Peyregne · Lola Doillon

Léonie Souchaud

Léonie Souchaud

Fanny

Fantine Harduin

Fantine Harduin

Erika

Juliane Lepoureau

Juliane Lepoureau

Georgette

Cécile de France

Cécile de France

Mme Forman

Stéphane De Groodt

Stéphane De Groodt

Jean

Lou Lambrecht

Lou Lambrecht

Rachel

Alice D'Hauwe

Alice D'Hauwe

Ethel

Court is in session

Put Fanny's Journey on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Auteur Devotee

“Ambition earns the room.”

The film reaches for consequence and scale, accepting the risk of seriousness instead of shrinking from it.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Importance has entered the chat.”

The production keeps announcing its significance, as though awards-season posture were proof of insight.