Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid gained international renown by exploring his home country's ills in films such as "Synonyms," which won the Golden Bear in Berlin in 2019 , and in "Ahed's Knee," which took Cannes' Jury Prize two years later. He had sworn to himself that his next film would not be about Israel .  His script titled "Yes" was ready to go into pre-production; he was already considering potential Hollywood actors to star in the lead roles of two artists who sell their art, souls and