Nahuel Pérez Biscayart
5 titles
Filmography
5 results

Persian Lessons
(2020)Inspired by true events, this powerful survival story is from director Vadim Perelman (House of Sand and Fog). Nazi-occupied France, 1942. Gilles (Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, The Intruder) is arrested by SS soldiers but narrowly avoids execution by swearing that he is not Jewish, but Persian. Gilles gets assigned a life-or-death mission: to teach Farsi to Head of Camp Koch (Lars Eidinger, High Life).

Kill the Jockey
(2024)Perpetually inebriated and in hock to a minor mafioso, once-renowned jockey Remo seems to have a death wish. After a thoroughbred throws him from the saddle during the big race that would clear him of his debts, Remo is hospitalized. Adopting a new identity, he manages to escape to the streets of Buenos Aires while being hunted by the mob in this wild and surreal crime comedy.

All Yours
(2014)A male hustler finds himself in a love triangle with a portly Belgian baker and the baker's comely female employee.

The Intruder
(2021)Inés , a Buenos Aires dubbing artist, faces insomnia and violent nightmares after a traumatic holiday. Strange sounds from her vocal cords disrupt dubbing, jeopardizing her choir position. In a paranoid state, reality blurs, and Inés fears dream characters are taking over her body.

Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe
(2016)Stefan Zweig: Farewell To Europe tells the story of the Austrian writer and his life in exile from 1936 to 1942. Zweig was one of the most famous writers of his time, but as a Jewish intellectual he struggled to find the right stance towards the events in Nazi Germany. Driven to emigrate to South America at the peak of his worldwide fame, Zweig fell into despair at the sight of Europe’s downfall. This visually stunning and emotionally powerful film explores what it means to be a refugee, and exposes the difficult decision to speak out or remain silent in the face of tyranny.