Gauze vs Persian Lessons
Gauze has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 7.6/10 for Persian Lessons). Gauze is the shorter watch at 8m compared with 2h 7m. Persian Lessons is the older of the two (2020 against 2025). Both are drama, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Gauze
Persian Lessons| Gauze | Persian Lessons | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.8/10 | ★ 7.6/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2020 |
| Length | 8m | 2h 7m |
| Genres | Animation, Drama, War | Drama, War |
| Country | – | Russia |
| Director | Nicholas Arujah, Noran Fikri Alezabi | Vadim Perelman |
| Main cast | Bashir Alsharbati, Talia Alsharbati, Rasha Alsharbati, Ahmed Rehan, Mjd Ali | Alexander Beyer, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Lars Eidinger, Antonin Chalon, Lola Bessis |
Synopsis
Gauze
14-year-old Zain, a Palestinian swimming champion, faces war and man-made famine. He becomes the sole caregiver to his little brother. When aid drops into the sea, desperate for food, Zain is forced to swim - not for passion, but for survival.
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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