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EL PROFESOR DE PERSA (Persian Lessons) Dir EL PROFESOR DE PERSA (Persian Lessons) DIR. VADIM PERELMAN SINOPSIS Francia, 1942. Gilles es arrestado por soldados de las SS junto con otros judíos y enviado a un campo de concentración en Alemania. allí consigue evitar la ejecución al jurar a los guardias que no es judío, sino persa. Gracias a esta artimaña, Gilles consigue mantenerse con vida, pero tendrá que enseñar un idioma que no conoce al oficial del campo. Al tiempo que una gran amistad crece entre ellos, las sospechas de los soldados no tardarán en aparecer. FICHA ARTÍSTICA Gilles ....................................................................................................... NAHUEL PÉREZ BISCAYART Klaus Koch .................................................................................................................LARS EIDINGER Elsa ........................................................................................................................ LEONIE BENESCH Max ................................................................................................................................JONAS NAY Paul ........................................................................................................................DAVID SCHÜTTER Jana .............................................................................................................LUISA-CÉLINE GAFFRON FICHA TÉCNICA Dirección ............................... VADIM PERELMAN Distribuidora ...........................................Avalon Guion................................................ILJA ZOFIN Género ......................................Drama/Histórico novela de ...................WOLFGANG KOHLHAASE Idiomas ............................Alemán/Francés/Persa Producción ....................... RAUF ATAMALIBEKOV ......................................con subtítulos en español Dir. de fotografía ............VLADISLAV OPELYANTS Duración ............................................... 126 min Montaje .....................VESSELA MARTSCHEWSKI Nacionalidad ..............................Alemanía/Rusia Música ............................. EVGUENI GALPERINE, Año de producción .....................................2019 .............................................SACHA GALPERINE Calificación ..........................Mayores de 16 años SOBRE EL DIRECTOR VADIM PERELMAN bastante tumultuosos, Perelman finalmente comenzó a concentrarse en su educación. Fue Nacido en Kiev, entonces parte de la República alumno de la Universidad de Alberta, donde Socialista Soviética de Ucrania (ahora en se especializó en física y matemáticas, antes de Ucrania), Perelman era un hijo único que vivía con que una clase de segundo año sobre realización su familia extendida en un piso comunal. Es de cinematográfica cambiara por completo su origen judío. Cuando Perelman tenía nueve años, enfoque. su padre murió en un accidente automovilístico. Cinco años después, él y su madre obtuvieron Se mudó a Toronto, donde estudió cine en la permiso para salir de Kiev y vivieron en Viena Escuela de Artes de la Imagen de la Universidad durante dos meses antes de mudarse a Roma, de Ryerson durante dos años, antes de lanzar su donde vivieron en la pobreza extrema. propia productora con sede en Toronto, llamada Canned Films. Después de perfeccionar sus Recordando ese período, Perelman se compara habilidades para dirigir y editar videos musicales, con los niños de ’Los Olvidados’ de Luis Buñuel: decidió mudarse a Los Ángeles para avanzar en un pilluelo de la calle ”siempre en busca de un su carrera. pedazo de pan o una estafa que llevar a cabo”. Se mantuvo a sí mismo y a su joven madre de esta Durante los siguientes tres años, Perelman dirigió manera durante un año. Cuando finalmenteles anuncios publicitarios de televisión multinacionales llegó un visado canadiense, se fueron a ese país para Microsoft, General Motors, Panasonic, donde Perelman finalmente construiría una nueva Nike, Airwalk, AT&T, Sony PlayStation, Coors y vida y comenzaría su carrera. MasterCard, y videos musicales como ”Because Of You” de Kelly Clarkson. Después de algunos años de adolescencia CINEMES VERDI 5 SALES (C/ VERDI, 32) CINES VERDI MADRID 5 SALAS VERDI PARK 4 SALES (C/ TORRIJOS, 49) (C/ BRAVO MURILLO, 28) www.cines-verdi.com www.cines-verdi.com Carrera como Director que Shawn Otto adaptara la novela para la pantalla, y Perelman es conocido por ser muy luego incorporó a Ben Kingsley selectivo con sus proyectos. ”No y Jennifer Connelly al proyecto, quiero pasar un año de mi vida consiguió financiación y se trabajando en una película que puso al frente de su primer no me resuena a nivel emocional. largometraje. DreamWorks Dado que los grandes guiones adquirió los derechos de son un bien escaso, me di cuenta distribución nacional y lanzó de que tengo que crear mis la película con gran éxito de propias oportunidades para que crítica. el destino me sonría y no esperar a que el proyecto correcto llegue de repente.” El segundo largometraje de Perelman, ’La vida ante sus ojos’, se rodó en 2006 en Connecticut. La Con esto en mente, Perelman comenzó a optar por película, financiada de forma independiente por los derechos cinematográficos de las obras literarias. 2929 Productions, está protagonizada por Uma Descubrió ’Casa de arena y niebla’ de Andre Dubus Thurman y Evan Rachel Wood. Está basada en la III antes de que fuera un aclamado bestseller y una novela homónima de Laura Kasischke. Emil Stern selección de Oprah. ”Cerré ese libro después de adaptó el libro para la pantalla. Perelman produjo terminarlo, y entre lágrimas logré llamar a mi agente la película junto con Aimee Peyronnet y Anthony para verificar los derechos”. Perelman consiguió Katagas. SOBRE EL REPARTO NAHUEL PÉREZ BISCAYART fond des bois’ de Benoît Jacquot (2010), en la que interpretó el papel principal. Fue entonces que inició Pérez Biscayart nació en la ciudad de Buenos Aires. su carrera internacional como actor en películas de Realizó sus estudios secundarios en una escuela autor. técnica de especialización en Electromecánica. Con el grupo teatral de su escuela secundaria se presentaron En el año 2014 obtuvo el papel principal en la a las Olimpiadas Intercolegiales de Teatro y ganó película ’Je suis à toi’ de David Lambert. Ese mismo el premio por su primera interpretación. En Buenos año, se dirige a Argentina a protagonizar la película Aires asistió a la Academia de Bellas Artes. Después ’Lulú’ de Luis Ortega junto a Ailín Salas y Daniel de tener una serie de pequeños papeles en obras Melingo. Allí obtuvo una nominación como Mejor cinematográficas y teatrales, se mudó a Nueva York, Actor Principal en los Premio Cóndor de Plata. donde trabajó en el Wooster Group, una compañía teatral independiente. En el año 2017 protagoniza la película ’120 latidos por minuto’ de Robin Campillo donde actuó junto A partir del año 2004, inicia su carrera en el cine a Adèle Haenel y obtuvo fama internacional ya interpretando al personaje de Abel en la película que obtuvo nominaciones en los Premios César, de Nicolás Tuozzo. En el año 2005 interpreta al Premios Lumières y Premios del cine europeo. El personaje de Paco en la película ’Tatuado’ del director filme de Robert Campillo fue estrenado en el Festival Eduardo Raspo, junto al actor Luis Ziembrowski. de Cannes, donde obtuvo dos de los premios Tuvo buen reconocimiento de la crítica y le valió el importantes, Gran Premio del Jurado y el otorgado premio de Mejor Revelación Masculina en los Premio por la prensa internacional –motivo por el cual Pérez Cóndor de Plata. Biscayart no pudo hacerse con el galardón a mejor actor, debido a las reglas del certamen–. Se hizo conocido en Francia por la película ’Au LA CRÍTICA OPINA ”Un gran viaje cinematográfico y panorámico que mezcla hábilmente suspense, risas y lágrimas.” Lee Marshall: Screendaily ”Perelman ha conseguido hacer una película muy disfrutable (...) Tiene muchos elementos que recuerdan a las viejas películas de guerra británicas, con la habilidad de mezclar una historia cómica con el conflicto.” Kaleem Aftab: Cineuropa P.V.P 1€ (IVA 4% incl.).
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