Synonyms
2019
Synonyms
- Release: 2019 ( 25 Oct 2019 )
- Genre: ✯ Comedy ✯ Drama
- Language: French, Hebrew, English
- Country: France, Israel, Germany
- Runtime: 123 mins
- Rating: 7
- Quality: ✯ 1080P Bluray ✯ 720P Bluray
Plot summary
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.
Writer :
Nadav Lapid (screenplay), Haim Lapid (screenplay)
Actors : Tom Mercier| Quentin Dolmaire| Louise Chevillotte| Uria Hayik|