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One of international cinema's most fearless and provocative filmmakers, Nadav Lapid has long been an outspoken critic of his birth country's government policies, channeling a lifetime of fury and frustration into vital films like Synonyms and Ahed's Knee that brim with righteous anger, spite, and shame. In Yes, Lapid once again takes vigorous critical aim at the Israeli government with a new approach: submission. 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. Feverishly whirling between moments of satire, sincerity, and complete submission, Yes is a visceral, blistering indictment of modern Israel, and an essential addition to post-October 7 cinema.

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Richard Brody

The New Yorker

2d

“Yes” is a daring, angry, anguished rant that feels first person in every aspect except the cinematic one; it must have taken ropes to keep Lapid from leaping out of the director’s chair and popping up in front of the camera.

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David Fear

Rolling Stone

3d

Yes is easily the most controversial film to hit theaters this year so far. It’s also, for all of the intoxicating rush of Lapid’s excessive style and cup-spilleth-over storytelling, one of the more sobering and vital ones as well.

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Anna McKibbin

AV Club

Mar 26

B

Lapid’s garish maximalism will surely isolate some filmgoers, but the satire of Yes! Works best when it’s fearless—unbothered by the genocidal regime it captures.

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Ria Dhull

Spectrum Culture

2d

Lapid’s Yes is an angry outburst of a film.

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Maxance Vincent

InSession Film

5d

A-

There may not be a more angry film released this year than Nadav Lapid’s Yes.

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Avi Offer

NYC Movie Guru

6d

A wickedly funny, provocative, bold and refreshingly unconventional satire. Reminiscent of Ruben Östlund's Triangle of Sadness and Elia Suleiman's The Time That Remains with some shades of Buñuel and Wertmüller.

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elizabeth B

@RT48996692 2d

Pornographically hateful, like much of Lapid’s work. Frenetic, depraved, deeply racist, self important art by a man who seems to find crave meaning but seeks in only hating and tearing down his brothers while imagining himself a prophet.

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Stephen C

@bob25009 6d

The worldwide gross is $421,835.00.

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Itay I

@Tatigideon Jan 3

Horrible film - presumptive and shallow

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One of international cinema's most fearless and provocative filmmakers, Nadav Lapid has long been an outspoken critic of his birth country's government policies, channeling a lifetime of fury and frustration into vital films like Synonyms and Ahed's Knee that brim with righteous anger, spite, and shame. In Yes, Lapid once again takes vigorous critical aim at the Israeli government with a new approach: submission. 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. Feverishly whirling between moments of satire, sincerity, and complete submission, Yes is a visceral, blistering indictment of modern Israel, and an essential addition to post-October 7 cinema.

Director: Nadav Lapid
Producer: Judith Lou Lévy, Hugo Sélignac, Antoine Lafon
Screenwriter: Nadav Lapid
Distributor: Kino Lorber
Production Co: Les Films du Bal, Chi-Fou-Mi Productions
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Original Language: Hebrew
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 27, 2026, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): May 12, 2026
Runtime: 2h 30m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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