Overview
- ‘Yes’ premiered on May 22, 2025, in the Quinzaine des Cinéastes section of the Cannes Film Festival, drawing both praise and criticism.
- The film explores themes of complicity and nationalism through a protagonist tasked with rewriting Israel's national anthem into a call for Palestinian eradication.
- Lapid employs carnivalesque and unsettling imagery to critique Israeli society's collective 'blindness' to the Gaza war and its human toll.
- The production faced significant challenges, including funding withdrawals and crew departures, ultimately relying on French producers and an independent Israeli public fund.
- While scheduled for a mid-September release in France, the film currently lacks an Israeli distributor, reflecting its contentious reception in Lapid's homeland.