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Boulder Jewish Film Festival: Persian Lessons
sun06nov2:30 pmsun5:00 pmBoulder Jewish Film Festival: Persian Lessons
Time
(Sunday) 2:30 pm - 5:00 pm(GMT-07:00)
Event Details
Driven by desperation, an ingenious Jewish concentration camp prisoner from Belgium poses as Iranian to avoid death, pretending to speak and teach Farsi to the eccentric Commandant who holds his
Event Details
Driven by desperation, an ingenious Jewish concentration camp prisoner from Belgium poses as Iranian to avoid death, pretending to speak and teach Farsi to the eccentric Commandant who holds his life in his hands. The winner of multiple film festival awards, this harrowing tale of survival is tinged with black humor. Featuring powerful performances by the actors playing two men locked in a deadly game, this fable from Ukrainian director Vadim Perelman depicts the evil absurdity at the heart of the Holocaust. VIEW THE TRAILER.
Directed by Vadim Perelman
127 minutes
In German, Farsi, French, and Italian with English subtitles
Belarus
2020
Sunday, November 6 | 2:30 – 5 pm | $16