Yes

2025 · 152 min · HE · 6.3 (25 votes)

Dir. Nadav Lapid · Starring Ariel Bronz, Efrat Dor, Naama Preis, Aleksey Serebryakov, Sharon Alexander, Pablo Pillaud-Vivien · Music Omer Klein

DramaComedy

In the days following October 7, Y., a jazz musician, and his wife Yasmin, a dancer, resolve to say yes to everything. Y. and Yasmin sell their bodies and souls to the highest bidder, surrendering themselves and their art to Israel’s social, political and military elite. Soon, Y. is entrusted with a mission of the utmost importance: to compose the music for a rousing, ruthless new national anthem.

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This film offers a disquieting blend of the absurd and the melancholic, painting a cynical portrait of compromise. It feels like a slow, unsettling descent into moral ambiguity, wrapped in a darkly comedic shell. The mood is reflective, questioning the price of survival and the erosion of self amidst societal pressures.

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