OUIJA

The time has finally come: the German-French co-production OUIJA is coming to television. Unfortunately not yet in Germany, but on French television this mini-series of six 52-minute episodes starring Anton Petzold as a German exchange student in France in the 1980s can be seen.

The series is about a group of French and German teenagers who come together as exchange students in Ardèche in the summer of 1982 and become embroiled in a murder investigation that sends them on the trail of a long-hidden secret. In doing so, they turn on their teachers, parents and grandparents - all against the backdrop of the infamous World Cup '82. In the broadest sense, Ouija attempts to present a textured and multi-layered picture of what it took to create a closer Franco-German relationship at a time when, on the one hand, there was an almost unprecedented friendship between the two countries, but on the other, it was weighed down by the heavy burden of shared history, particularly World War II. It is precisely this story that is told from the point of view of the protagonists.

Production: KWAÏ and Bigwindow Production
Director: Thomas Bourguignon
Casting: Maria Rölcke- CMR Casting GbR