Burning Stars vs Persian Lessons
Burning Stars has the higher audience score (9.8/10 against 7.6/10 for Persian Lessons). Persian Lessons is the older of the two (2020 against 2024). Both are drama, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Burning Stars
Persian Lessons| Burning Stars | Persian Lessons | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 9.8/10 | ★ 7.6/10 |
| Year | 2024 | 2020 |
| Length | – | 2h 7m |
| Genres | Drama, War | Drama, War |
| Country | CN | Russia |
| Director | Xu Zhanxiong | Vadim Perelman |
| Main cast | Jerry Lee, Gao Ge, Lu Qi, Dong Yong, Yu Ailei | Alexander Beyer, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Lars Eidinger, Antonin Chalon, Lola Bessis |
Synopsis
Burning Stars
In 1920s Shanghai, a group of brave young individuals band together to carry out a dangerous mission, and amid political turmoil, they grow through sacrifice and resilience.
Persian Lessons
Occupied France, 1942. Gilles is arrested by SS soldiers alongside other Jews and sent to a camp in Germany. He narrowly avoids sudden execution by swearing to the guards that he is not Jewish, but Persian. This lie temporarily saves him, but Gilles gets assigned a life-or-death mission: to teach Farsi to Head of Camp Koch, who dreams of opening a restaurant in Iran once the war is over. Through an ingenious trick, Gilles manages to survive by…
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