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Persian Lessons

Name: Persian Lessons
Genre: Drama, War
Released: 2020
Duration: 120 min
Cast: Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Lars Eidinger, Jonas Nay, Leonie Benesch, Alexander Beyer

Taste attributes: dramawarhistoricalslowunsavouryheavyrealisticlineargrittyemotive & stirringcomplex relationshipfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardy

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Boxlist takeSerious and stirring: a rough-edged war film, grounded rather than fantastical. Best if you like stories that hit hard.

Taste details

Pace: slow · Originality: balanced · Tone: very dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: very gritty · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score

Quality rating

7.6 /10

TMDB · 87 votes

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What lines up

Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Style & visuals: Gritty, where this profile leans balanced style & visuals
Realism: True to life, where this profile leans balanced realism

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Synopsis

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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