A 5-minute identity explosion disguised as a film essay.
The 40-year-old director Yoav was asked by the editor of “Cahiers du Cinéma” to write about the potency of a specific cinematographic image. Yoav recalls his first encounter with Pasolini’s Teorema, back when he was still a soldier in the Israeli army. Nadav Lapid has created an alter ego director. In just a few scenes, Lapid condenses the moments that have ultimately altered the director’s life. Lama? is an extremely personal film that tangibly illuminates the vast potential inherent in cinema.
Direction
Lapid weaponizes brevity like few directors dare.
Writing
Dense, poetic, militantly precise.
Acting
Yoav's face contains multitudes in seconds.
Director
Nadav Lapid
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pasolini's Teorema was banned and prosecuted for obscenity in Italy; Yoav discovering it as a soldier adds layers of transgression.
Lapid's entire filmography obsessively returns to the Israeli military as a site of masculine crisis and aesthetic awakening.
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