Overview
- New reviews tied to the film’s release describe a ferocious portrait of complicity inside Israel’s cultural and political elite.
- The story follows Y, a jazz pianist, and Yasmin, a dancer, who perform for the rich and face a lucrative offer to craft a new nationalist anthem.
- The proposed lyrics draw on an altered version of Haim Gouri’s 1949 poem The Brotherhood that resurfaced during the Gaza war.
- Nadav Lapid shot scenes near the Gaza border during active operations and captured smoke on the horizon, and some crew quit after learning of the film’s critique.
- The film played Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes in 2025 and is now drawing denunciations in Israel and caution from international distributors.