Skip to main content
Home
Published on filmportal.de (https://www.filmportal.de)

Yes

Frankreich Israel Zypern Deutschland 2024/2025 Spielfilm

A sharp satire on the divisions within Israeli society following the massacre of October 7: Musician Y. and his partner, dancer Yasmine, entertain Tel Aviv's wealthy elite as provocative party clowns, dreaming of finally escaping poverty through their art. But when Y. is commissioned by a Russian oligarch to compose a patriotic "new anthem for a new Israel" after October 7, their lives spiral out of control. Confronted with the relentless, brutal news from Gaza and the rising nationalist sentiment in Tel Aviv, the couple is pushed to the limits of their moral conscience.

Credits

Director

  • Nadav Lapid

Screenplay

  • Nadav Lapid

Director of photography

  • Shai Goldman

Editing

  • Nili Feller

Music

  • Sleeping Giant (US)
  • Omer Klein

Cast

  • Ariel Bronz
    Y.
  • Efrat Dor
    Yasmine
  • Naama Preis
    Leah
  • Alexey Serebryakov
    Der Milliardär
  • Sharon Aleksander
    Avinoam
  • Pablo Pillaud Vivien
    Sekretär des Milliardärs
  • Idit Teperson
    Reiche Frau
  • Shira Shaish
    Singende Yacht-Stewardess

Production company

  • Les Films du Bal (Paris)
  • Chi-Fou-Mi Productions (Paris)

Producer

  • Judith Lou Lévy (Les Films du Bal)
  • Hugo Sélignac (Chi-Fou-Mi Productions)
  • Antoine Lafon (Chi-Fou-Mi Productions)

Alle Credits

Director

  • Nadav Lapid

Assistant director

  • Dima Konoplov

Script supervisor

  • Rona Cohen (Script Supervisor)

Screenplay

  • Nadav Lapid

Director of photography

  • Shai Goldman

Colour grading

  • Isabelle Julien

Visual effects

  • Cédric Fayolle

Production design

  • Pascale Consigny

Make-up artist

  • Branislav Nikic

Costume design

  • Sandra Berrebi

Editing

  • Nili Feller

Sound design

  • Aviv Aldema
  • Adrian Baumeister

Sound

  • Motty Hefetz

Casting

  • Orit Azoulay
  • Prague Benbenisty

Music

  • Sleeping Giant (US)
  • Omer Klein

Music (other)

  • Martin Hossbach (Musikrechte Betreuung)

Cast

  • Ariel Bronz
    Y.
  • Efrat Dor
    Yasmine
  • Naama Preis
    Leah
  • Alexey Serebryakov
    Der Milliardär
  • Sharon Aleksander
    Avinoam
  • Pablo Pillaud Vivien
    Sekretär des Milliardärs
  • Idit Teperson
    Reiche Frau
  • Shira Shaish
    Singende Yacht-Stewardess

Production company

  • Les Films du Bal (Paris)
  • Chi-Fou-Mi Productions (Paris)

in co-production with

  • Arte France Cinéma (Issy-les-Moulineaux)
  • Trésor Films (Paris)
  • Bustan Films (Tel Aviv-Jaffa)
  • AMP Filmworks (Nikosia)
  • Komplizen Film GmbH (München + Berlin)
  • Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) (Mainz)

in association with

  • Arte Deutschland TV GmbH (Baden-Baden)
  • Arte France (Issy-les-Moulineaux)
  • 240 Films (Nantwich)
  • Cinémage 19 Developpement (Paris)
  • ALBI Film & TV Fund (IL)

Producer

  • Judith Lou Lévy (Les Films du Bal)
  • Hugo Sélignac (Chi-Fou-Mi Productions)
  • Antoine Lafon (Chi-Fou-Mi Productions)

Co-Producer

  • Thomas Alfandari (Bustan Films)
  • Janine Teerling (AMP Filmworks)
  • Marios Piperides (AMP Filmworks)
  • Janine Jackowski (Komplizen Film GmbH)
  • Jonas Dornbach (Komplizen Film GmbH)
  • Maren Ade (Komplizen Film GmbH)
  • Alain Attal (Arte France Cinéma / ZDF/ Arte / Trésor Films)

Line producer

  • Thomas Paturel
  • Zehava Shekel (Israel)
  • Marios Piperides (Zypern)

Unit production manager

  • Cecilia Tselepidi
  • Thomas Paturel
  • Zehava Shekel
  • Marios Piperides

Post-production

  • Maxime Even (Betreuung)

Original distributor

  • Grandfilm GmbH (Nürnberg)

Funding

  • Eurimages (Straßburg)
  • Israel Film Fund (Tel Aviv)
  • Ministerium für Kultur und Sport (IL)
  • Israel Film Council (IL)
  • Cyprus Film Commission (Nikosia)
  • Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH (MBB) (Potsdam)
  • Région Bretagne (FR)
  • Centre National de la Cinématographie (C.N.C.) (Paris)
  • Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée (Paris)
Duration:
150 min
Format:
DCP
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Ton
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 13.10.2025, 273724, ab 16 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (FR): 22.05.2025, Cannes, IFF - Quinzaine des cinéastes;
Erstaufführung (DE): 30.06.2025, München, Filmfest - CineMasters;
Kinostart (DE): 13.11.2025

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) Yes
  • Originaltitel (IL) Ken

Versions

Original

Duration:
150 min
Format:
DCP
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Ton
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 13.10.2025, 273724, ab 16 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (FR): 22.05.2025, Cannes, IFF - Quinzaine des cinéastes;
Erstaufführung (DE): 30.06.2025, München, Filmfest - CineMasters;
Kinostart (DE): 13.11.2025

Source-URL: https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/yes_4f9112959919435194e08fc7ee3f968a