PERSIAN LESSONS
Thu, Mar 24
|Streaming on Eventive
Underwritten by the Carmel Jewish Film Festival; East Bay Holocaust Education Center; Helen & Peter Loewenstein. Co-Sponsor: Congregation Beth Emek
Time & Location
Mar 24, 2022, 12:00 AM PDT – Mar 30, 2022, 11:59 PM PDT
Streaming on Eventive
About the Event
Drama, War / Belarus, Germany, Russia / English, French, German, Italian, Persian with subtitles / 2020 / 127 minutes - Watch the trailer here
Crafted with powerful acting and a wry sense of humor, Persian Lessons tells the story of Gilles who agrees to teach a language he does not know—Farsi—to Klaus Koch. The Nazi camp commandant is planning on a post-war move to Iran and mistakenly believes that Gilles is Persian. Although the young Belgian Jew teaches the officer nearly 600 words, he fears that his invented “Farsi” will be revealed for what it is…gibberish.
Underwritten by the Carmel Jewish Film Festival; East Bay Holocaust Education Center; Helen & Peter Loewenstein.
Co-Sponsor: Congregation Beth Emek