Persian Lessons (from the director of House of Sand and Fog)

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'Persian Lessons' from director Vadim Perelman will also have its world premiere in the out-of-competition section of the Berlin International Film Festival.

'Persian Lessons' is a Holocaust story with a strange twist: in an attempt to survive the death camps, a Jewish prisoner (Nahuel Pérez Biscayart) swears he is actually Persian. To maintain the fraud, he begins teaching Farsi, a language he doesn't know. Lars Eidinger ('Clouds of Sils Maria') co-stars. [SOURCE]

Country: Russia | Germany
Language: German | French

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Variety review: "The result is a wildly implausible and downright manipulative mix of wrenching human tragedy and absurdist comedy"

[Himmel]

Sounds good, Enjoyed HOSAF.

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Sold to Cohen Media Group for North America.

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Belarus Oscar Entry ‘Persian Lessons’ Disqualified From International Feature Film Race