Marie Amachoukeli, Claire Burger, Samuel Theis
units a long lasting friendship. The short film Forbach was their first common project, which already put the familiy of Samuel in scene with Angèlique being the protagonist. Party Girl is their first feature length fiction film. The film was the opening film of the Official Section Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival in 2014. It won the Caméra d’Or and the Ensemble Prize.
Filmography (of the trio)
2014 Party Girl
2013 Demolition Party
2010 C‘est gratuit pour les filles
2008 Forbach
All her life 60-year old Angélique has been dancing through the nights. She still believes in love, enjoys men and the milieu. But now she wants to try to do everything better, once and for all. Party Girl is about the wedding preparations, Angélique and their adult children rush into, when a longtime customer proposes to her...
Written and co-directed by Angélique’s son Samuel Theis, Party Girl narrates about his strong and unconventional mother. She and her four children play themselves. Too beautiful for documentary, too unpolished for fiction, between tears and laughter, the feature debut of the long-lived trio around Samuel Theis is walking boundaries in many ways. Just as Angélique. Who can ever say, if she’s free or egoistic, spontaneous or inconsequent, generous or irresponsible?
Q&A with main actress Angélique Litzenburger and director Samuel Theis after the film.