A momentary good cannot counteract all evil

Eulalia 2022-10-18 16:19:37

The movie that has been delayed for a long time is finally finished today. Unlike the World War II movies I saw before, the whole film did not use the description of the brutal killings of the war, only at the beginning. By chance, Giles, the protagonist, a Jew from Belgium, survived because he knew Persian and taught Persian to Koch, a soldier in the concentration camp, but he did not know that his Persian was fake and fabricated by him. And this also brings doubts. If the words spoken each time are different, the credibility is not high. When he was recording the Jewish prison list, he thought of changing the prefix and suffix of the Jewish name to form a language system. The film's camera language is well used, and the tense atmosphere under Koch's suspicion, a little careless, will kill you. At the beginning of the film, it is said that it is based on real events. It is hard to believe that such an unequal relationship really happened during World War II. At the end of the film, Giles survived with Koch's "help", and Koch was talking to people when he was applying for a visa, only to find out that he didn't speak Persian at all. Gilles returns to the post-sweep war, making post-war notes at the French camp. His conversation with the officer was unforgettable to me.

I love this ending.

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Persian Lessons quotes

  • Klaus Koch: [Koch took Gilles back after he was put to move to another camp] You would risk your life for those nameless people.

    Gilles: Those aren't nameless. Just because you don't know their names. At least they aren't murderers.

    Klaus Koch: I'm not a murderer.

    Gilles: No. You just make sure that the murderers eat well.

  • Klaus Koch: As long as you work for me nothing will happen to you. I bet 20 cans of meat that nothing will happen to you.

    Gilles: Too bad I won't be able to eat them since I'll be dead.