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Synonyms

Synonymes

2019

Nadav Lapid

Tom Mercier, Quentin Dolmaire, Louise Chevillotte, Uria Hayik ...

5.6

999

Drama. Comedy In Paris, things do not exactly get off to a good start for Yoav. He knocks on the door of a flat, only to discover the place is empty and, while he is taking a bath there, his things are stolen. Yet this young Israeli had arrived with such great expectations. He is determined to get rid of his nationality as quickly as possible. For him, being Israeli is like a tumour that has to be surgically removed. Becoming French, on the other ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Jay Weissberg Variety	"Breathtaking in the way it careens from one scene to the next in a whirlwind of personal and political meaning (...) This uncategorizable cinematic trip will polarize critics and audiences alike"	POS
United States	Jordan Mintzer The Hollywood Reporter	"Intense, feverish, unhinged, deranged, digressive, implacable, impressive (...) A unique and bristling take on the Paris experience (...) [It] ultimately works better in parts than it does as a whole"	POS
United Kingdom	Jonathan Romney Screendaily	"The result is mixed: buoyantly energetic at times, manically unamusing at others and decidedly overstretched (...) 'Synonyms' stands or falls on the viewer’s response to Mercier"	NEU
United States	Pat Brown Slant	"Funny, frustrating, and stealthily sad, 'Synonymes' is a bold film about the refusal to assimilate in one country, and the failure to assimilate in another (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	David Ehrlich IndieWire	"Astonishing, maddening, brilliant, hilarious, obstinate, and altogether unmissable (...) [It] is only sustained by the tension Mercier brings to every scene"	POS
	Bénédicte Prot Cineuropa	"Exuberant yet precisely controlled, intellectual yet robust, 'Synonyms' is all of these things at once, and that is why it escapes definition."	POS
Canada	Kevin Ritchie Now Toronto	"Lapid has achieved something great: it’s a political film without being didactic thanks to a zany visual approach that constantly seems to rebel against itself"	POS
Canada	Andrew Parker The Gate	"'Synonyms' blazes across the screen with eye popping visuals, a kinetic hand-held aesthetic, and boundless energy and confidence (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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