Persian Lessons

Persian Lessons

MS12

Genre

Drama

Director

Vadim Perelman

Run time

2h 9min

Cast

Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Lars Eidinger, Jonas Nay, David Schütter

1942. Gilles, a young Belgian man, is arrested by the SS alongside other Jews and sent to a concentration camp in Germany. He narrowly avoids execution by swearing to the guards that he is not Jewish, but Persian. This lie temporarily saves him, but then Gilles is assigned a seemingly untenable mission: to teach Farsi to Koch, the officer in charge of the camp's kitchen, who dreams of opening a restaurant in Iran once the war is over. Gilles finds himself having to invent a language he doesn't know, word by word. As the unusual relationship between the two men begins to incite jealousy and suspicion, Gilles becomes acutely aware that one false move could expose his swindle.

Genre

Drama

Director

Vadim Perelman

Run time

2h 9min

Cast

Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Lars Eidinger, Jonas Nay, David Schütter

1942. Gilles, a young Belgian man, is arrested by the SS alongside other Jews and sent to a concentration camp in Germany. He narrowly avoids execution by swearing to the guards that he is not Jewish, but Persian. This lie temporarily saves him, but then Gilles is assigned a seemingly untenable mission: to teach Farsi to Koch, the officer in charge of the camp's kitchen, who dreams of opening a restaurant in Iran once the war is over. Gilles finds himself having to invent a language he doesn't know, word by word. As the unusual relationship between the two men begins to incite jealousy and suspicion, Gilles becomes acutely aware that one false move could expose his swindle.

Info

Rating

Under 12 Not Recommended

Production year

2019

Global distributor

Alamode Film

Local distributor

Must Käsi 2 OÜ

In cinema

11/6/2020