GET 20% OFF YOUR FIRST YEAR!

Limited time - use promo code: KINOFILM20 at checkout

Live stream preview

Watch this video and more on Kino Film Collection

Watch this video and more on Kino Film Collection

Start your free trial Learn more

Already subscribed? Sign in

Synonyms

Toronto International Film Festival • 2h 3m

Directed by Nadav Lapid • Comedy • 2019 • Israel, France, Germany • French, Hebrew with English subtitles
Starring Tom Mercier, Quentin Dolmaire, Louise Chevillotte

Winner of the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, Nadav Lapid's "Synonyms" follows a disaffected young Israeli who flees Tel Aviv for Paris to start a new life, but his attempts to find himself awaken past demons and open up an existential abyss. Based on the director's own experiences, this tragicomic puzzle explores the challenges of putting down roots in a new place.

Up Next in Toronto International Film Festival

  • Tales from the Gimli Hospital Redux
    1:04:03
    Tales from the Gimli Hospital Redux

    Tales from the Gimli Hospital Redux

    Directed by Guy Maddin • Arthouse • 1988 • Canada • English
    Starring Kyle McCulloch, Michael Gottli, Angela Heck

    Guy Maddin’s highly acclaimed first feature is regarded as one of the true cult hits on the midnight movie circuit. Set during a smallpox epidemic in the village of Gimli, Manitoba ne...

  • The Ballad of Little Jo
    2:00:54
    The Ballad of Little Jo

    The Ballad of Little Jo

    Directed by Maggie Greenwald • Western • 1993 • US • English
    Starring Suzy Amis, Bo Hopkins, Ian McKellen

    In this gorgeously crafted film inspired by a true story, acclaimed writer-director Maggie Greenwald adds a modern twist to the classic western. Suzy Amis stars as Josephine, a society girl...

  • The Last of England
    1:31:32
    The Last of England

    The Last of England

    Directed by Derek Jarman • Arthouse • 1987 • UK • English
    Starring Tilda Swinton, Spencer Leigh, Nigel Terry

    An apocalyptic roar of a movie, Derek Jarman's “The Last of England” stars Oscar winner Tilda Swinton in his lament for the country he once knew and what he feared it would become. A kale...

×