PMA Films

Winner of the Golden Bear at Berlinale, Synonyms latches onto third-rail issues with thrilling audacity, and taps into an energy that proves as discomfiting as it is infectious.

Winner of the Golden Bear at Berlinale, the latest from Nadav Lapid (The Kindergarten Teacher) features a dynamic lead performance from newcomer Tom Mercier, whose feral intensity practically bursts out of the frame. Mercier plays Yoav, a disaffected young Israeli who flees Tel Aviv for Paris to start a new life. Desperate to erase his origins, Yoav sees becoming French as his only hope for salvation.

Run time: 123 minutes

Rated: NR

French and Hebrew with English subtitles