Part of the 33rd Boston Jewish Film Festival
PLEASE NOTE: This film is only available to Massachusetts residents.
Gilles, a young Belgian man, is arrested by the SS alongside other Jews and sent to a concentration camp in Germany. He narrowly avoids execution by swearing to the guards that he is not Jewish but Persian. This lie temporarily saves him, but Gilles is assigned a seemingly untenable mission: to teach Farsi to Koch, the officer in charge of the camp's kitchen, who dreams of opening a restaurant in Persia (Iran) once the war is over. Gilles finds himself having to invent a language he doesn't know, word by word. As the unusual relationship between the two men begins to incite jealousy and suspicion, Gilles becomes acutely aware that one false move could expose his deception.
Director: Vadim Perelman
Belarus/Germany/Russia 2019, 127 min
Watch anytime November 7-21, with a live conversation with Director Vadim Perelman moderated by Avner Shavit on
Sunday, November 21st, at 1 pm. Included with purchase of ticket or pass.
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