COUNTRY: Israel, France, Germany, Cyprus YEAR: 2025 RUNNING TIME: 150 min
DIRECTED BY: Nadav Lapid
LANGUAGE(S): Hebrew
SUBTITLE(S): German
CAST: Ariel Bronz, Efrat Dor, Naama Preis, Alexey Serebryakov
PRODUCER: Judith Lou Lévy, Hugo Sélignac, Antoine Lafon
WRITTEN BY: Nadav Lapid
EDITED BY: Nili Feller
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Shai Goldman
Screenings
Synopsis
Israel, in the aftermath of October 7. Y., a jazz musician struggling to make ends meet, and his wife Jasmine, a dancer, sell their art, souls and bodies to the elite, and bring pleasure and consolation to a bleeding nation.
Soon, Y. is given a mission of the highest importance: setting to music a new national anthem.
Director
Nadav Lapid
Biography
Nadav Lapid was born in Tel Aviv, Israel an now lives in Paris. The director and screenwriter studied in Tel Aviv and at the Sam Spiegel Film Television School in Jerusalem. Lapid directed three short films, published a novel and worked as a literary critic and sports journalist before joining the Cinéfondation of the Cannes Film Festival in 2007, where he wrote the screenplay for his first feature film POLICEMAN. His feature films won the most prestigious awards of international cinema including in Cannes, Berlin (Golden Bear 2019) and Locarno. He is a recipient of the French Order Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres. YES is his fifth feature film.
Filmography
Protect Gvul (2004), Kvish (2005), Émile’s Girlfriend (2007), Policeman (2011), Ammunition Hill (2014), The Kindergarten Teacher (2014), Why? (2015), From the Diary of a Wedding Photographer (2016), Synonyms (2019), The Star (2021), Ahed´s Knee (2021), Yes! (2025)
Links /Contacts
WEBSITE: https://grandfilm.de/yes/
INSTAGRAM: @grandfilm_verleih
PRODUCTION: Les Films du Bal, Chi-Fou-Mi Productions
GERMAN DISTRIBUTOR: Grandfilm