Following 2014â??s
The Kindergarten Teacher, Israeli writer-directorآ*Nadav Lapid returns this year with
Synonyms. Telling the story of an Israeli man who moves to Paris and is faced with questions about his identity, the film picked up the
Golden Bear at Berlinale last weekend. Although itâ??s still seeking U.S. distribution, itâ??ll arrive in France this March and now the
First international
Trailer has arrived.
Ed Frankl said in
our review, â??Relocation becomes dislocation in director
Nadav Lapidâ??s intense, beguiling
Synonyms.
Winner of the
Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, the story follows a young Israeli man who moves to Paris in the hope of shedding his past and remolding his identity, yet instead finds his sense of self chipped away at. This is an unsettling film about nationality and how society shapes people in a way that is difficult to entirely shake off.â?*
See the
Trailer below, along with highlights from the Berlinale press conference. Weâ??ll update if English subtitles become available.
Synonyms hits theaters in France on March 27.
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