Yoav, a young Israeli man, has a one-way ticket to Paris believing France to be his salvation from what he sees as the madness of his
country. Things don't get off to a great start as he discovers his
living arrangement is unfit for living, yet his grandiose expectations
leave no room for a failure to adapt. Wholehearted in his resolution to
erase his Jewish-Israeli origins, he refuses to speak Hebrew and
obsessively studies his constant companion, a French dictionary. He
develops a particularly strong bond with his privileged neighbor who
symbolizes - to Yoav - the French promise of fraternité. Nothing can
extinguish Yoav's determination to be thoroughly French. Based on the
real-life experiences of writer-director Nadav Lapid, SYNONYMS explores
the conflicted realm of fervent Nationalism and the challenges of
putting down roots in a foreign land.
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