Persian Lessons
2020·Movie·
·2h 7min
Where to Watch
Not available to stream in (flatrate)
About
Occupied France, 1942. Gilles is arrested by SS soldiers alongside other Jews and sent to a camp in Germany. He narrowly avoids sudden execution by swearing to the guards that he is not Jewish, but Persian. This lie temporarily saves him, but Gilles gets assigned a life-or-death mission: to teach Farsi to Head of Camp Koch, who dreams of opening a restaurant in Iran once the war is over. Through an ingenious trick, Gilles manages to survive by inventing words of "Farsi" every day and teaching them to Koch.
DNA
- Themes
- Click below to reveal spoilersSurvivalFreedom Vs. ControlIdentity CrisisIsolationCorruption Of PowerMan Vs. Nature
- Plot
- Click below to reveal spoilersLanguage BarrierLanguage Learning As Survival StrategyQuest For FreedomUnlikely AlliancesHumanizing The EnemyCultural ExplorationInterrogation ScenesEscape Planning
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- Cinematic Style
- Costume and Set
Sequels and Prequels
No sequels or prequels available
Crew
Directed by:
Vadim Perelman, Vladislav Opelyants
Produced by:
Nadezhda Zezyukova, Ilya Stewart, Murad Osmann
Composed by:
Evgueni Galperine, Sacha Galperine
Cast
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