Nadav Lapid’s Film ‘Yes’ Is Intended to Anger Both Israel’s Right and Left
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The director Nadav Lapid uses his work to confront his discomfort with nationalism in his home country, never more so than in “Yes.”
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The story focuses on Y (Ariel Bronz) and Yasmin (Efrat Dor), married performers in Tel Aviv who have become entertainers and, at times, sex workers for the ruling class. They are full participants in this delirious hedonism while the Gaza war plays out in the distance, but are aware of their complicity and are eager for an escape. An out comes in the form of an assignment for Y: A Russian oligarch will pay him to compose the music for an anthem celebrating the bombing of Gaza. The song is based on real-life propaganda released by the Civil Front, a group that supports the Israel Defense Forces.
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