Nadav Lapid: „People need to put in a lot of effort not to see. I see in Israel a huge blindness”

18 July, 2025

It’s very rare to come out of a film feeling nauseous and appreciate the filmmaker for it. Yet appreciation might not be the best word to describe it – you exit Yes as if you’re descending from an ever-spinning merry-go-round of lies and horrors. I tell Nadav Lapid this and he admits that, paradoxically, there should be an element of fun to the circus of vulgarity in his film. 

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Graduated with a BA in film directing and a MA in film studies from UNATC; she's also studied history of art. Also collaborates with the Acoperisul de Sticla film magazine and is a former coordinator of FILM MENU. She's dedicated herself to '60-'70s Japanese cinema and Irish post-punk music bands. Still keeps a picture of Leslie Cheung in her wallet.