In “Schindler’s List,” most of the actors spoke English, using accents to indicate their characters’ origins. In “Son of Saul,” the cast struggles to communicate in a mish-mosh of languages, as Jews ...

Independent distribution company Infotainment China has acquired the China rights to the buzzy Holocaust film “Persian Lessons,” which premiered at the Berlin Film Festival last week. The firm has ...

A big, widescreen cinematic ride which deftly mixes suspense, laughter and tears, Persian Lessons marks a return to form for Ukranian-born Canadian director Vadim Perelman, 17 years after his ...

The time has come to retire the phrase “inspired by true events” as an introductory subtitle for narrative films. Given the level of invention that enters into any work of art, whether it be a ...

With ticket sales slumping after Chinese New Year, Beijing's regulators have begun granting last-minute permission for imported movies to open in March. 'Persian Lessons' will test China's market for ...

China is belatedly scrambling to fill in its post-Lunar New Year screening calendar, announcing Tuesday that it would round out its March offerings with foreign title “Persian Lessons” and a ...

"You would die with that nameless horde?" "They're only nameless, because you don't know their names." Memento Films has released an official trailer for Persian Lessons (feat. English subtitles), a ...

Set in occupied France, 1942, Gilles (Nahuel Pérez Biscayart), a Belgian Jew, pretends to be half-Persian to avoid certain death by SS soldiers. The lie puts him in front of a Nazi officer (Lars ...