Synonyms (2019)

Synonyms (2019) Country: France, Israel, Germany Release Year: 2019 Aka: Synonymes Director: Nadav Lapid Writer: Nadav Lapid, Haim Lapid Language: French, Hebrew, English Genre: Drama | Runtime: 118 min Cast: Tom Mercier, Quentin Dolmaire Louise Chevillotte, Olivier Loustau Uria Hayik, Yehuda Almagor    Studio: SBS Films, Komplizen Film Pie Films, Arte France Cinéma Imdb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7016254/ Available on:

Yoav, a young Israeli man, has a one-way ticket to Paris believing France to be his salvation from what he sees as the madness of his country. Things don't get off to a great start as he discovers his living arrangement is unfit for living, yet his grandiose expectations leave no room for a failure to adapt. Wholehearted in his resolution to erase his Jewish-Israeli origins, he refuses to speak Hebrew and obsessively studies his constant companion, a French dictionary. He develops a particularly strong bond with his privileged neighbor who symbolizes - to Yoav - the French promise of fraternité. Nothing can extinguish Yoav's determination to be thoroughly French. Based on the real-life experiences of writer-director Nadav Lapid, SYNONYMS explores the conflicted realm of fervent Nationalism and the challenges of putting down roots in a foreign land.