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Synonyms [videorecording (DVD)] / a film by Nadav Lapid.

Kino Lorber, Feb 2020.

Passing (Identity) -- Drama.

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Synonymes [videorecording (DVD)]

[videorecording (DVD)] /

In French and Hebrew with optional English subtitles.

"One of the best-reviewed films of 2019, and winner of the Golden Bear for Best Feature at the Berlin Film Festival, Synonyms is a ferociously funny movie about the existential angst of an expat. It features a dynamic lead performance from newcomer Tom Mercier, whose feral intensity practically bursts out of the frame. Mercier plays Yoav, a disaffected young Israeli who flees Tel Aviv for Paris to start a new life. Desperate to erase his origins, Yoav sees France as his only hope for salvation. He vows not to utter a single word of Hebrew, his French dictionary becoming his constant companion. He is swiftly befriended by a strange young French couple who enmesh him in a very Parisian love triangle. Based on writer-director Nadav Lapid's (The Kindergarten Teacher) own experiences, Synonyms explores the challenges of putting down roots in a new place.--Container.

Golden Bear: Best Feature, 69 Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin.

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