Variety
A wildly implausible and downright manipulative mix of wrenching human tragedy and absurdist comedy...
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Persian Lessons
A Belgian Jew (Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, BPM (Beats Per Minute)) feigns being Persian to survive the concentration camps in this French-Russian war drama.
Committed to his role, he winds up teaching Farsi to a Nazi chef (Lars Eidinger, Familienfest) whose dream it is to become a restaurateur in Iran once the war is over.
2020Rating: M, Violence, offensive language, sexual references & nudity127 minsGermany, RussiaGerman and French with English subtitles
DramaWar
- Director:
- Vadim Perelman ('Buy Me', 'House of Sand and Fog', 'The Life Before Her Eyes')
- Writer:
- Ilya Tsofin
- Cast:
- Lars EidingerNahuel Pérez BiscayartLeonie BeneschLola BessisSofia GershevichAlexander BeyerNico EhrenteitJonas Nay
Persian Lessons / Reviews
Hollywood Reporter
Impressive ending and acting, though it has a wobbly handle on its characters.
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Persian Lessons is more credible as a psychological study - and, if a performance can rescue a film, it’s Biscayart’s portrayal of Gilles.
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Empire Magazine
Well made and well acted but Ilja Zofin's script is filled with well-trodden World War II tropes, and the longer this improbable parable goes on, the less convincingly it holds up.
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