Persian Lessons (2020)

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 Persian to Koch, the officer in charge of the camp's kitchen, who dreams of opening a restaurant in Persia (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.

year:2020

actor:Nahuel Pérez BiscayartLars EidingerJonas Nay

director:Vadim Perelman

writer:Ilja ZofinWolfgang Kohlhaase

genre:DramaWar

country:RussiaGermanyBelarus

language:GermanFrenchPersianEnglishItalian

Duration:2h 7min

Release:27 August 2021

IMDb:7.3