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Israeli co-writer/director Nadav Lapid's unusual migration drama follows Yoav (Tom Mercier): a young Israeli man who is determined to erase his national identity and become French. With the help of a Franco-Israeli dictionary, he resolves to stop speaking Hebrew, put his troubled past behind him, and ace his upcoming naturalisation test.
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Synonyms (2019)
123 min
A young Israeli man absconds to Paris to flee his nationality, aided by his trusty Franco-Israeli dictionary.