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Synopsis: A zany, dark, & comedic portrait of everyday life for a unit of young, female Israeli soldiers. The Human Resources Office at a remote desert base serves as the setting for this cast of characters who bide their time pushing paper and battling in computer games, counting down the minutes until they can return to civilian life. Amidst their boredom and clashing personalities, issues of commitment - to friendship, love, and country - are handled with humor and sharp-edged wit.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Talya Lavie
Production: Zeitgeist Films
  9 wins & 9 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.4
Metacritic:
69
Rotten Tomatoes:
86%
UNRATED
Year:
2014
97 min
Website
272 Views


To the mental health officer, to the head

of personal affairs, to the general staff.

The Chief of Staff's Advisor for Women's Relations,

and frankly, to the Chief of Staff himself.

What?

Right, Zohar? We ended up

sending him a letter, right?

To the Chief of Staff? Yeah, I think so.

You sent a letter to the Chief of Staff?

What did you write to him?

That you're a spoiled secretary who the

Army invented a non-existent position for?

Paper-shredding sergeant, because she doesn't

know how to type or transfer a phone call?

That you want to transfer to the City

because the desert dries out your hair?

Well, obviously, we wrote

it a little differently.

This bypassing of authority is unheard of. I don't

think the Chief of Staff dealt with it personally.

He probably forwarded it to a personal

affairs officer or something like that.

I can't believe this disgrace.

Everything is so organized

with the combat soldiers.

And the non-combatants are

thrown around like garbage.

And stop moving binders around here!

Close the door!

You'll have wait till I have time. Does

it look like I have nothing else to do?

You don't have to do anything.

I'll take care of it all.

You've become cocky.

You were a good girl before

you fell in love with Zohar.

Why am I always to blame?

Are you trying me?

No.

It's 1:
07 and I still

haven't received the mail.

It's been on your desk for an hour.

00:
00

What about the uniform? Did you get

rid of the stain? I'm working on it.

Perfect! Continue.

This is what do you do all day?

Personally I don't see the point of

shredding 10 pounds of paper every day.

I shred a lot of paper but

do it as you see fit.

In general, as the paper shredding Sergeant, the

position is really a lot what you make of it.

Sssh! Sorry.

These girls really think highly of themselves.

Mabas' receptionists are really stuck up.

What is 'Mabas'?

That's the base commander.

Don't worry, you'll understand everything and meet

everyone. Do you know all the soldiers on base?

Everyone on base? No way. Do you have any

idea how many soldiers are stationed here?

How many? There are...

A lot! You're funny.

Now you can relax for a bit. Basically,

you can take a nap every afternoon.

But you know, don't tell anyone about it.

I can't believe you're leaving.

It's a disaster.

It's alright. You'll have some peace. You

won't have to listen to me cry all day.

Yeah right, with those two

idiots singing duets all day?

That's Guy Shefi.

He just looked at you.

Really? Yes! Well, go talk to him.

Are you crazy? What am I going to say?

I don't know. Say, "Hi".

Look, his friends are cute too.

If we become a couple, I'll

introduce you to them.

Let's start with actually talking to him.

I will if you stay.

What does that have to do with anything?

We'll talk every day on the phone.

You'll come to visit me, we'll drink ice coffee

at Checker's. We'll talk on the phone every day.

The phone? Can you save seats

on the bus with the telephone?

Set new high scores on all

the computers in the office?

You're not going to like it there.

You won't have anyone to talk to.

No one to eat with.

Ladies and gentlemen! After an impressive

game by the Spanish champion...

will the Israeli competitor

manage to overcome her?

Here she goes. She's marking

the monitor fiercely.

They tell me she went through rigorous

training in the IDF! And now...

Yay! I broke the record! Woo hoo! No way,

move over. I feel like I'm on a roll.

Zohar Ben Ari approaching the mission...

Haven't you had enough of this nonsense?

Rama"

In regards to Tehila, I

fully trained her today.

So you can go ahead and test her,

and if everything is alright...

Well, I could actually be leaving tomorrow.

Come to my office first thing tomorrow

morning and we'll take care of it.

Do you think this is funny?

You told me to get rid of the stain.

I removed it.

That joke just cost you

denial of a vacation.

Forgive her. I'll sew it. It'll

be unnoticeable, I promise.

You need to worry about the trash cans.

They're full of papers,

You're not going anywhere before

you shred all of this, get it?

Damn it. I think it's

Shapiro, that son of a b*tch.

Wait a second!

Wait a minute!

Eitan.

What are you doing here?

I'm stationed here.

What? How can that be?

Can I come in?

Girls aren't allowed in here. The Disciplinary

NCO is going around the barracks.

Hold on, hold on, listen. This is

a bad time. Let's talk tomorrow.

You have no idea how worried I was. Why

didn't you call or answer my texts?

Because I told you, I'm very busy now. What's

the matter. You didn't have fun at the Kineret?

No, it was... it was great.

I can't stop thinking about what we did

there. In the water, inside the tent...

Well, it... it was summer, and...

We only met like...

Eight times. We slept together five nights.

Not including the night in the Kineret. I

don't count that one since we didn't sleep.

We said we would meet on New Years. I made you

a surprise and suddenly you didn't answer me.

Listen, you really have to leave.

You have to see the surprise.

No, no it's not right, okay?

I didn't get back to you because

I'm really busy and because...

I've never loved anyone like this before.

You have no idea how you stole my heart.

Okay, but... it's over. I'm

not interested anymore.

How come?

Because... I don't know... it's just not...

So, why did you text that

you think about me a lot?

I don't remember.

For four months all I've thought

about is you. Nothing else.

Only, Eitan, Eitan, Eitan, Eitan, Eitan.

Wait, you didn't... you didn't

actually enlist, right?

How did you get in here?

I had to see you. I

couldn't take it anymore.

Aren't you the new soldier from Personnel?

No, she's not a soldier. She's

a psycho I met once and...

we met a few times and that's it.

Nothing happened. Nothing?

Do you know what he texted me?

When I found your home number, your

mom picked up and said you were home

and a minute later she

said you weren't home.

Did you tell your mom to lie to me?

You have no idea what you're getting yourself

into. Impersonating a soldier is a felony.

If we report you, you're going

to get arrested. Right, Anati?

Don't you remember that night in the Kineret, you told me...

Enough with the f***ing Kineret! It was a long time ago!

It was a while ago! I also

have a girlfriend now.

Do me a favor, pull yourself together

and leave this base before you get caught.

Leave the same way you came in. Where

did you get a uniform and a unit badge?

This is unreal.

Listen, I'm sorry. I'm sorry I didn't

answer your texts, okay? I'm Sorry.

Would you like me to walk you outside

and we'll talk a little bit?

Ok, that's it.

If you don't leave right now, I'm

going to call the Military Police.

It's no problem. Do you really

want to ruin your life?

You've already ruined my life.

Tehila, is everything alright?

Yes.

Okay, we're in the barracks. If

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Talya Lavie (born 1978) is an Israeli filmmaker best known for her 2014 debut feature Zero Motivation. more…

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