'Incredibly resonant for both of our families': Lena Dunham opens up on 'Treasure' starring Stephen Fry

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Lena Dunham didn’t have to think twice while accepting her new movie ‘Treasure’ directed by Julia von Heinz.

The story is about Ruth, played by Dunham, who travels back to Poland with her Holocaust survivor father portrayed by Stephen Fry, reports Variety.

'Treasure' explores the life of Holocaust survivor and his daughter

They visit to relive their family’s tragic past and since the producer Michael P Cohen and Lena are of Jewish descent, she immediately feels the connection. The star also brought in her production company ‘Good Thing Going’ to be a part of this project.

“We both looked at each other after we read the script and went like, ‘This is something we’re going to be proud to tell our children that we made. This is something we would be proud to tell our grandparents,'” Dunham said, adding “Michael’s grandmother already watched it, and I’m like, ‘If Nan liked it, that’s enough for me.’ She gave a raving text review and I was like, ‘Nan can text?'”

Cohen quipped, “‘Girls’ might not have been for Nan.”

“It was interesting because my grandmother, she was at the premiere of the first season of ‘Girls,’ and I don’t think she loved it,” Dunham shared.

“I think she was excited because she thought, ‘Wow, Lena gets to wear so many pretty dresses.’ But I loved thinking that [‘Treasure’] would be one that she [would enjoy] … It’s been very special and emotional to show it to the members of my family who are still around,” she added.

Lena Dunham opened up on collaborating with Stephen Fry

On her experience of working with celebrated actor Stephen Fry, Dunham said, “When I sent the first picture of us together in costume to my mom, she was like, “Oh my god, I feel like now we know who your real dad is.” And he happens to be a gay cultural icon from another country. But who knows, it can happen!”

She further said, “Honestly, we didn’t have a lot of time in prep together. Stephen was learning Polish, which was intensive, and I was in a writers room for the show I’m on now. So we had met once, and then we went to Poland. But I think there was something about being the two native English speakers on this set — we just dove in with each other.”