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.
Key facts
Original language
German, French, Italian, English, Persian
Production companies
Belarusfilm
Setting
France, Germany
Filming locations
Babruysk
Trailer
Stills
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Festival History
- Transilvania International Film Festival 2021 generic
- Berlin International Film Festival 2020 generic
- Moscow International Film Festival 2020 generic
- Stockholm International Film Festival 2020 generic - Open Zone
