Zero Motivation Page #5

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
259 Views


for 4 hours without doing anything?

You asked for equal rights. Here they are.

Where are you going to be?

Where am I going to be when, I mean,

while when I'm on guard duty?

Asleep.

You'll probably be in all

kinds of girls' dreams.

What?

Do you have a girlfriend?

Ok, have a good one. Bye.

I said, do you have a girlfriend?

Boyfriend.

If something happens,

call the officer on duty.

Don't worry, nothing's going to happen.

Nothing will happen

because this is my life.

I wish some guy would come.

Doesn't have to be a stud, but...

okay, not a catch. Mediocre. Average.

Someone that would want me.

Who's there?

Stop or I'll shoot!

What is it? My Gd, put the weapon down!

Who are you?

Meir. I'm looking for the store.

You're not from the base?

No, I'm from Maglan. We're training here.

Can you stand in the light for a second?

You guys are serious around here?

Yeah, sorry.

I'm Zohar. Hi.

Hi Zohar. Nice to meet you.

So, where's the store?

I'd show you but I can't leave my post.

No problem, just tell me how to get there.

Hold on, how long are you

guys staying here? Until...

the day after tomorrow?

So... If you like..maybe...

tomorrow night I can

show you where it is and

other places on base. If you like.

Ok, cool. So tomorrow at...

10 PM work for you? Ok, cool.

So tomorrow at...

Yeah. Yeah, it works for me.

Great, we're on.

But still, can you tell

me where the store is?

The guys are waiting for

their smokes and...

Yeah, it's right there. Walk down this

path a couple of meters. The red door.

Thanks.

So tomorrow? At 10, in the store.

My Gd!

Come on! Help me up, will you?

I'm not dead yet.

Give her a hand.

Where am I supposed to

sleep now, on the floor?

You can sleep on the empty bed.

Now it's called "the empty bed".

That girl slit her veins and

peeled the skin off her body

and you expect me to sleep in her bed?

Quiet! I'm trying to sleep.

Sorry for disturbing you! I almost died!

Why just almost?

I'm not going to sleep in her bed. I'm

sorry, but that's where I draw the line.

They changed the mattress, Zohar.

It's not that bad.

You sleep there if it's not that bad.

"Hear my voice

"distant friend of mine..."

"do you hear my voice..."

"where are you now?"

I'll sleep on her bed, alright?

Get in my bed and be quiet.

Coward. Paranoid virgin.

What's that got to do with anything?

Well done, Irene. Really nice of you.

Take note of this.

It smells weird here.

Good night.

Smells like...

Russian sausages.

You'd kill for a Russian

sausage in that bed.

There is no such thing as ghosts, Liati.

So, not a ghost. Maybe a

demon that's possessing her.

There aren't any ghosts, or demons, or

little gnomes that do our work at night.

Look at her. She's acting so strange.

I'm the adjutancy inspection officer.

What am I going to pick?

August 2003, Headquarters.

Let's take a look.

What do we have here? August

24th, logistics report.

It says here that the soldier...

Och..Oochi...

"Ochperkovich." Ochperkovich, Tomer

didn't attend logistics on this date

because of vacation. That's what it says.

Now, soldier. Please show me the

supporting documentation for it.

Human Resources inspections are the crucible for

combatants. It's the biggest test for personnel.

Every attribute of every soldier on every

date, needs to be coordinated and documented.

Vacations, ranks, court marshals,

absenteeism, transfer forms, everything!

It only takes one mistake in order to fail.

And the inspection is random.

Random is incidental.

Do you understand what that means?

What does it mean?

That we could use a little luck?

That we need to go through every

binder, every page, check and update

because those who count on luck, Zohar,

we've seen what happens to them.

Rama, we'll never be able to update everything

here. Do you realize the mess in this office?

According to my calculations,

if we get into a rhythm,

We should be able to get through

everything by Thursday,

And get four hours of sleep per night.

It's in our hands and we won't just pass this

inspection. We'll pass with flying colors.

Let's go girls. Let's have some fun!

Now, I understand there's some sort of issue

about a ghost that's possessing Irena.

Irena, is this true? Irena?

Irena, you just have to put the

pages in the plastic covers, okay?

It says Shimi Samouha wasn't

here for like a week.

It doesn't say why, nothing.

Here, send him on vacation.

F***, it's never-ending!

You see how fast time flies?

Good joke with the ghost thing, really.

Who would have thought you'd be so

brilliant with the idea and the acting.

I really think something happened to her.

Rama? Yeah.

Irena's not doing well at all. I think

I should take her to the infirmary.

To the infirmary? What exactly are

they going to do? An exorcism?

It's better if a professional sees her,

so we don't have another...

Tehila incident.

Okay, go. And get back ASAP.

Every minute you're not here is

less sleep for the other girls.

Sure.

Irena, well done.

You do realize we just escaped hell

and the devil himself

opened the gate for us.

Aren't we going to the infirmary?

Are you crazy? Let's go to the barracks.

But you told Rama I need

to go to the infirmary.

Go to the infirmary if you want.

I just have to go.

I had a neighbor in

Oropinsk that got stabbed

and I saw his hand coming

out of the drawer.

Irena, enough with the creepy thing.

You're starting to scare me.

Why are you putting on make up?

Remember telling me I had

to lose my virginity ASAP?

No.

Well, you did, and you were right.

That's exactly what I'm going to do.

Can I come with you?

What? No!

Why don't you go to your friends room?

I don't have any friends.

Then go read a Russian book.

You said you'd take me to the infirmary.

So, go to the infirmary, psycho.

Be thankful I got you out of the

office, and stop following me.

Please don't leave me alone.

But I'm going to attend to some

private business. You know?

Come on, Irena.

I found a cute guy and he's into me.

He's not from here and

he's leaving tomorrow.

I won't be in the way.

How so? It's a date!

If you don't let me come along, I'll

tell Rama we didn't go to the infirmary.

I see the "ghost" didn't

change your lousy attitude.

You're going to be invisible

like air, got it? Air!

You're early.

So are you.

I like it.

I like you too.

This is Irena. She's sitting with us for

personal reasons, but she won't be in the way.

Awesome. Hi, Irena.

Hello.

Boot camp was horrible. The

worst five months of my life.

They kicked our asses. Treated

us like the holocaust.

Like the holocaust?

Irena, what did we talk about?

You know, meaning it was really bad.

You can't use that expression

any way you wish. Irena!

But it's true. The drill

Instructors were actually nazis.

So, what did they do?

First of all, they killed

six million of us.

We went on vacations by train only.

Irena, I'm kidding. Loosen up.

Smile a little.

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Talya Lavie

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

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