"The Israeli filmmaker, who lives in Paris, returned to his home country shortly after the Hamas terrorist attacks. He felt deep empathy for his family's and friends' state of agony, but he could also predict, based on the language used by politicians at the time, that the state's revenge would take on "biblical proportions," as he said at the Berlin premiere of his film, which now hits cinemas in Germany. Lapid modified his script within a few weeks to reflect the unfolding events."
"The resulting work serves as a witness to a specific moment in history, the filmmaker says. At the same time, it's a "fiction film on steroids"; a work that "responds to madness with madness," as Lapid describes it. But even the most satirical and experimental scenes such as a high-ranking official's head turning into a video player showing the horrors of war feel like "a neo-realist film" to Israelis, says the filmmaker."
Nadav Lapid gained international renown for films examining Israel's ills, including Synonyms (Golden Bear 2019) and Ahed's Knee (Cannes Jury Prize 2021). He intended his next film not to be about Israel and prepared a script titled Yes about two artists selling their art, souls and bodies to the rich. After the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks, Lapid returned to Israel and reworked the script within weeks to reflect unfolding events. He felt deep empathy for family and friends while foreseeing a state revenge of "biblical proportions." The resulting film mixes satire, experimental imagery and neorealist elements, incorporating real footage of Gaza under bombardment.
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