Summary
1942. 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 then 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 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 swindle.
Festivals and awards
Beijing International Film Festival 2020;
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Berlinale Special 2020
Berlinale Special, pod okriljem teme Dom i užas, od 19. do 22. listopada donosi šest → more
19.-22.10.2020.
Berlin Alexanderplatz
Berlin Alexanderplatz, Njemačka / Nizozemska / Francuska / Kanada, 2020., director: Burhan Qurbani, feature film
Sat njemačkog
Deutschstunde, Njemačka, 2019., director: Christian Schwochow, feature film
Izgovorena riječ vrijedi
Es gilt das gesprochene Wort, Njemačka / Francuska, 2019., director: Ilker Çatak, feature film
Egzil
Exil, Njemačka / Belgija / Kosovo, 2020., director: Visar Morina, feature film
Moja mala sestra
Schwesterlein, Njemačka / Švicarska, 2020., director: Stéphanie Chuat, Véronique Reymond, feature film
