Piiri x DocPoint: Case Annie Ernaux
DocPoint and Piiri welcome you to a discussion on Annie Ernaux and a screening of Writing Life: Annie Ernaux Through the Eyes of High School Students. The discussion is held in Finnish and moderated by Piiri’s Ronja Salmi and Adile Sevimli. The discussion will also feature award-winning translator Lotta Toivanen, who will speak about Ernaux’s work and its significance.
Piiri is a cultural media outlet founded in 2025 that publishes a newsletter on literature and organises free reading events. Piiri is edited by Ronja Salmi, Adile Sevimli and Tuija Siltamäki.
Writing Life: Annie Ernaux Through the Eyes of High School Students
In Claire Simon’s film, French high school students read and discuss Annie Ernaux’s texts in classrooms where literature shifts from cautious reading aloud into a shared, strikingly perceptive way of thinking.
The film is screened on Saturday 7 Feb at 16 in Bio Rex Lasipalatsi. The film’s duration is 90 minutes and age restriction is K7.
What? Piiri x DocPoint: Case Annie Ernaux Discussion (in Finnish)
Where? Bio Rex Lasipalatsi (Mannerheimintie 22-24)
When? Saturday 7 Feb at 15
Tickets
The event is free and open to everyone. The discussion does not require registration and the places are filled in order of arrival.
If you want to watch the film Writing Life: Annie Ernaux Through the Eyes of High School Students before the discussion, you have to buy a ticket to the film screening. Tickets to the film screening can be bought from the film page:
