A film by Nadav Lapid.
„Yes“ celebrated its world premiere in the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs at the Cannes International Film Festival 2025.

Year  2025

Length: 149 min

Country of production  FRA, ISR, CYP, GER

Synopsis

Israel, in the aftermath of October 7.
Y., a jazz musician struggling to make ends meet, and his wife Jasmine, a dancer, sell their art, souls and bodies to the elite, and bring pleasure and consolation to a bleeding nation.
Soon, Y. is given a mission of the highest importance: setting to music a new national anthem.

Production

A Les Films du Bal (France) production, in co-production with Komplizen Film (Germany), Chi Fou Mi Productions (France), AMP Filmworks (Cyprus), Bustan Films (Israel), Arte France Cinema (France) and ZDF/ Arte.

Cast

Y.

Ariel Bronz

Jasmine

Efrat Dor

Leah

Naama Preis

Big Billionaire

Alexey Serebryakov

Avinoam

Sharon Alexander

Big Billionaire Secretary

Pablo Pillaud Vivien

Rich Woman

Idit Teperson

Singing Yacht Attendant

Shira Shaish

Team

Written and directed

Nadav Lapid

Director of Photography

Shaï Goldman

Editing

Nili Feller

Production Design

Pascale Consigny

Costume Design

Sandra Berrebi

Make Up

Branislav Nikic

Casting

Orit Azoulay, Prague Benbenisty

Originalton

Moti Hefetz

Sound Design

Aviv Aldema, Adrian Baumeister

Original Music

Sleeping Giant, Omer Klein

Co-producers

Thomas Alfandari, Janine Teerling, Marios Piperides, Janine Jackowski, Jonas Dornbach, Maren Ade

Producers

Judith Lou Lévy, Hugo Sélignac, Antoine Lafon

Festivals

Cannes International Film Festival

Director's Fortnight

Munich International Film Festival

CineMasters Competition

Distribution

German Distributor