The Millennial Antinostalgic: Yoav in Nadav Lapid’s Synonymes

Authors

  • Jora Vaso Akademia Pomorska w Słupsku (Pomeranian University in Slupsk - Poland)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5195/cinej.2021.288

Keywords:

Antinostalgia, millennial exile, modern exile, jewish exile, allegorical thinking

Abstract

In contemporary, transnational exilic cinema exile an artist is made in an exilic journey. The 21st century journey departs from entirely opposite premises than those of the ancient journey, namely with the desire to escape one’s birthplace. The aim of the exile has also transformed: from a necessary step to secure one’s livelihood or even life, it has become one of exploration. Rather than the desire to settle elsewhere or to eventually return home, the exile sets on an open-ended, exploratory journey the premise of which is finding oneself. In this, the physical journey has come to resemble the metaphysical one of the artist. The exile departs from a physical place and journeys into a metaphysical space, geography becoming secondary while still being necessary. This journey is best recounted in the film Synonymes (2019) by Israeli director Nadav Lapid, an autobiographical tale that chronicles the director’s own exile from Israel to Paris and captures his journey toward becoming an artist. The paper references two prominently antinostalgic authors: 20th century Polish writer Witold Gombrowicz and Polsih-Jewish writer Henryk Grynberg.

Author Biography

Jora Vaso, Akademia Pomorska w Słupsku (Pomeranian University in Slupsk - Poland)

4th year Doctoral Student, Comparative Literature

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2021-07-14

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Vaso, J. (2021). The Millennial Antinostalgic: Yoav in Nadav Lapid’s Synonymes. CINEJ Cinema Journal, 9(1), 42–86. https://doi.org/10.5195/cinej.2021.288

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Vol. 9 No. 1 (2021): Spring 2021

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