Persian Lessons

NR | Belarus, Germany, Russia | Vadim Perelman | English, Français, German, Italian, Persian | 127 minutes

Persian Lessons – Screening on July 7, 10, 11, 13!

Advance tickets now available for Persian Lessons!

A young Jewish man in a concentration camp has his life saved when executioners realize he owns a Persian book. Brought before a camp officer who wants to learn Farsi, Gilles agrees to teach him despite not knowing a word of the language. French, Italian, German, Persian, with English subtitles.

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“hugely compelling, highly original” (Daily Mail UK)

“Expertly mounted, beautifully acted and meticulously detailed…extraordinary, unpredictable, and memorable.” (Observer)

“Understandably, director Vadim Perelman’s absorbing thriller has been a popular one on the festival circuit…an intense drama with a great ending.” (The Mercury News)

*Please take note that doors open 30 minutes before showtimes. We encourage people to arrive early. We have a small box office, a small candy bar, and a single-screen cinema, meaning that when most of an audience shows up a few minutes before showtime, it causes a bottleneck. If possible, we appreciate you arriving a little bit early to pick out your seat and get your popcorn. Thanks for your help!

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.
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