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Synonyms

A young Israeli man absconds to Paris to flee his nationality, aided by his trusty Franco-Israeli dictionary.

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Nadav Lapid

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Box Office

$206,003

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Awards

5 wins & 24 nominations total

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In the war, my father froze half to death
in a fort on a snowbound mountaintop. - Synonyms

In the war, my father froze half to death in a fort on a sno...

Years later, I served as a soldier
in that fortified border post. - Synonyms

Years later, I served as a soldier in that fortified border ...

One day, during a snowstorm, - Synonyms

One day, during a snowstorm,

I sat on the ice, - Synonyms

I sat on the ice,

I look dashing enough to prance
with the nation's gentlemen. - Synonyms

I look dashing enough to prance with the nation's gentl...

- I won't be able to pay you back.
- Like I give a damn. - Synonyms

- I won't be able to pay you back. - Like I give a damn...

I moved to France to flee Israel - Synonyms

I moved to France to flee Israel

Flee a state that is nasty, - Synonyms

Flee a state that is nasty,

The Seine is a test that the city sets you - Synonyms

The Seine is a test that the city sets you

A bribe this city pays strangers - Synonyms

A bribe this city pays strangers

Nights of Inertia. - Synonyms

Nights of Inertia.

Some landscapes are so beautiful - Synonyms

Some landscapes are so beautiful

Perhaps, like you,
I'll start to write. - Synonyms

Perhaps, like you, I'll start to write.

I shall be buried in P re Lachaise cemetery - Synonyms

I shall be buried in P re Lachaise cemetery

"The rest of the journey ticks by." - Synonyms

"The rest of the journey ticks by."

"Her avalanche of flesh
oozes so beautifully..." - Synonyms

"Her avalanche of flesh oozes so beautifully..."

"Just a minuscule sky-blue crop top." - Synonyms

"Just a minuscule sky-blue crop top."

"The morning had passed us by,
gray and lukewarm,." - Synonyms

"The morning had passed us by, gray and lukewarm,."...

"Lukewarm." - Synonyms

My father, a business tycoon, - Synonyms

My father, a business tycoon,

Here's where I lash out
when my words aren't beautiful. - Synonyms

Here's where I lash out when my words aren't beaut...

If I knew I might never create
anything fundamental and urgent, - Synonyms

If I knew I might never create anything fundamental and urge...

My mother's father was a terrorist,
who fought the British - Synonyms

My mother's father was a terrorist, who fought the Brit...

"With blood and sweat,
we'll raise a race." - Synonyms

"With blood and sweat, we'll raise a race."

Two of his comrades
were sentenced by the British to... - Synonyms

Two of his comrades were sentenced by the British to...

On the eve of their execution,
they put a grenade between their chests - Synonyms

On the eve of their execution, they put a grenade between th...

During the seven months I spent In Paris, - Synonyms

During the seven months I spent In Paris,

Abjure, conjure, - Synonyms

Abjure, conjure,

Leave, relieve, - Synonyms

Leave, relieve,

Well-endowed,
applied to shapely women. - Synonyms

Well-endowed, applied to shapely women.

We have a French security detail.
There's François, there's Albert. - Synonyms

We have a French security detail. There's François, the...

And a new guy with glasses.
They try but they're shit. - Synonyms

And a new guy with glasses. They try but they're shit.

It's for the aircon. - Synonyms

It's for the aircon.

Like my father In the war, - Synonyms

Like my father In the war,

As part of the exam,
we were given six pictures. - Synonyms

As part of the exam, we were given six pictures.

A 10-year-old
stands in the middle of a room. - Synonyms

A 10-year-old stands in the middle of a room.

I come up with a story
about an unloved child. - Synonyms

I come up with a story about an unloved child.

His father, the tyrant, walks out.
His mother goes loopy. - Synonyms

His father, the tyrant, walks out. His mother goes loopy.

Trigger, he suddenly realizes
life is marvelous. - Synonyms

Trigger, he suddenly realizes life is marvelous.

Later, in a meeting with a psychologist, - Synonyms

Later, in a meeting with a psychologist,

He should thank me
for saving the suicidal kid - Synonyms

He should thank me for saving the suicidal kid

Then I think, - Synonyms

That wasn't a gun and magazine
hut a violin and how. - Synonyms

That wasn't a gun and magazine hut a violin and how.

The child stands in the middle of a room - Synonyms

The child stands in the middle of a room

I know Émile has a brother - Synonyms

I know Émile has a brother

And that Émile's parents
live without desire. - Synonyms

And that Émile's parents live without desire.

But I don't believe you got
a shotgun and violin mixed up. - Synonyms

But I don't believe you got a shotgun and violin mixed ...

Compress, - Synonyms

Words that are hurtful,
violent, muscular. - Synonyms

Words that are hurtful, violent, muscular.

Words that are weak, limp, pale, greasy. - Synonyms

Words that are weak, limp, pale, greasy.

Mohammad is dead - Synonyms

Mohammad is dead

Paris junior kung-fu champion,
bodyguard classes with the CIA. - Synonyms

Paris junior kung-fu champion, bodyguard classes with the CI...

Bodyguard for judges in Colombia,
army instructor in Africa. - Synonyms

Bodyguard for judges in Colombia, army instructor in Africa.

In Africa, I heard tell - Synonyms

In Africa, I heard tell

90, Rue Amelot. - Synonyms

90, Rue Amelot.

Can you help me, please? - Synonyms

Can you help me, please?

I saw a rabbi on TV
hiding his kippa under a hat. - Synonyms

I saw a rabbi on TV hiding his kippa under a hat.

Hello, I'm from Israel. I'm Jewish. - Synonyms

Hello, I'm from Israel. I'm Jewish.

You remind me of someone - Synonyms

You remind me of someone

When they switched out the light, - Synonyms

When they switched out the light,

Yoav? - Synonyms

How are you? - Synonyms

You know I don't understand French. - Synonyms

You know I don't understand French.

The Greeks besieged Troy for nine years - Synonyms

The Greeks besieged Troy for nine years

That's the story my parents told me
when I was 4 years old. - Synonyms

That's the story my parents told me when I was 4 years ...

Hector was the hero of Troy, - Synonyms

Hector was the hero of Troy,

After nine years,
they met for a decisive combat. - Synonyms

After nine years, they met for a decisive combat.

Finding himself opposite Achilles, - Synonyms

Finding himself opposite Achilles,

Nine times, they ran around
the walls of Troy. - Synonyms

Nine times, they ran around the walls of Troy.

My Émile, my love. - Synonyms

My Émile, my love.

I disassembled It and reassembled It. - Synonyms

I disassembled It and reassembled It.

Which song was it? - Synonyms

Which song was it?

Head of special operations. - Synonyms

Head of special operations.

Twice a year, - Synonyms

We're armed with pitchforks - Synonyms

We're armed with pitchforks

At the last fight, - Synonyms

At the last fight,

You need to know
it might end the hardest way. - Synonyms

You need to know it might end the hardest way.

Sunday, - Synonyms

People will not wait in the rain - Synonyms

People will not wait in the rain

She is tragically infatuated
with the instrument, You hear it? - Synonyms

She is tragically infatuated with the instrument, You hear i...

Playing oboe in the local orchestra - Synonyms

Playing oboe in the local orchestra

Playing oboe in the local orchestra - Synonyms

Playing oboe in the local orchestra

Before we met,
she'd hang out in bars and nightclubs. - Synonyms

Before we met, she'd hang out in bars and nightclubs.

Students, doctors, - Synonyms

Students, doctors,

A total mediocrity except for his desire. - Synonyms

A total mediocrity except for his desire.

I'm going to see Yaron. - Synonyms

I'm going to see Yaron.

I shall run no more from you,
says Hector to Achilles - Synonyms

I shall run no more from you, says Hector to Achilles

They shut and hid the book - Synonyms

They shut and hid the book

Hector, the person he loved most
in the world, who soon... - Synonyms

Hector, the person he loved most in the world, who soon...

Succumbing to the lance of Achilles,
who impales his feet on a chariot - Synonyms

Succumbing to the lance of Achilles, who impales his feet on...

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A young Israeli man absconds to Paris to flee his nationality, aided by his trusty Franco-Israeli dictionary.

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Director: Nadav Lapid

Writer: Nadav Lapid, Haim Lapid

Production: N/A

Genre: comedy, drama

Year: 2019

MetaScore: 84/100

ImdbRating: 6.3

BoxOffice: $206,003

Released: 25 Oct 2019

Awards: 5 wins & 24 nominations total

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