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Indiewire
Lapid?s film is too fresh and intransigent to know how well it will age over time or hold up to repeat viewings, but on first blush it feels like a powerful howl that?s hard to hear clearly, and harder still to get out of your head.
Variety
Breathtaking in the way it careens from one scene to the next in a whirlwind of personal and political meaning all but impossible to grasp in full measure, the film is an excoriation of Israel?s militant machismo and a self-teasing parody of Parisian stereotypes, embodied by actor Tom Mercier in this astonishingly audacious debut.
The Hollywood Reporter
Lapid continues to exhibit a singular blend of intensity and absurdity, as well as a distinct attention to cinematic craft.
The A.V. Club
Above all, it?s about the impossible desire, shared by both expats and artists, to forge an identity of one?s own. But whereas the films it quotes sought to create cryptic and contrapuntal meanings, Lapid errs on the side of the loudly obvious, building to a final shot that might as well be a thesis statement for the rest of the film.
The Wrap
Filmmaker and subject also share a disdain for restraint, shouting and jostling to ensure we?ve gotten their point. But while their parallel passions aren?t exactly subtle, they do make their mark.
Festival Internacional de Cine de Lanzarote