Zero Motivation Page #6

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
271 Views


What...

What... how long have you been in the unit?

About 11 months.

Cool. The commanders aren't nazis there?

No way. They're great.

But never mind, these jokes offend Irena.

How the hell do they offend Irena? What does it have to

do with her? The Russians weren't even in the Holocaust.

Okay, I'm gonna get us some drinks.

What are you having?

Diet Coke.

Diet Coke for the lady, and for you?

Nothing.

Diet Coke and nothing coming your way.

What's your deal? We agreed

you're gonna be like air.

I didn't order anything.

Just go back to the barracks. Can't

you see we're starting to connect?

Vacation? She was

enslaving us until now.

Do you mind switching tables? It's just

that someone's already sitting here.

Who? Who? Now you're talking

in two voices? Someone!

So, it's not enough that we do your work,

Now we have to eat standing like

horses while you sit on your ass?

Eat in the barracks, blood suckers!

We feel like sitting here.

I'm telling you, I'm in the middle

of something and this seat is taken!

No problem. I'll get another chair.

Hi!

What's up? My sister.

Look. You have nine cans here.

Let's see you knock

them all out at once.

Get away from me, maniac!

You were gone for a while.

Like anybody noticed.

I did. You. It's because of you

all the idiots came to our table.

They saw you.

Turns out I'm the air on this date.

Damn it, there's no privacy around here.

Where should we go?

You tell me.

Everything alright?

Yeah.

All this time in the infirmary?

Where?

The infirmary, yeah.

Welcome back.

We're almost done with the soldiers.

Tomorrow we'll finish the officers.

What would really be helpful is if

you guys would clean up this mess.

Okay. So... I'm just gonna go get

the broom. The broom's right here.

So I'll...

I'll get some rags from the other office.

We'll clean thoroughly here.

Hold on. Just a sec.

Can you be a little more gentle?

What?

More gentle.

I'm just... not used to it.

You want it to be gentle?

Yeah.

A little.

If you want it gentle, go find a civilian.

I'm just coming from training, sweetie.

Hold on, hold on.

What happened, sweetie?

I thought you wanted it.

Hold on... No... Wait...

Hold on... No, stop.

Stop!

Stop or I'll shoot.

Put the gun down!

You get dressed!

Not you!

What do you think you're doing?

What do you think you're doing

to this girl? What makes you

think you can stick your

ugly dick wherever you want?

That's a lady in front of

you, not a garbage can.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry for interrupting you.

Go.

Where?

Over there!

Pick up your stuff.

Walk!

Stop!

See that trash can?

F*** it!

What?

F*** that trash can.

Now! Was I not clear?

What...

What do you mean by, 'f*** the trash can?'

What you were doing to Zohar,

do it to the trash can. But...

What? Suddenly you can't?

You're insane.

What were you thinking, that

you can bang whoever you want?

Give me his clothes.

Leave and don't come back.

I need my rifle back.

I can't give it back to you.

Irena, give him back his rifle.

What are you doing?

He'll kill us.

Give me back my rifle and I won't

do anything to you. I swear.

They'll put me in military prison.

Haven't I gone through enough?

Thank you.

Rama!

Rama! No more Rama. You're done.

Just so you know, I almost

got raped and killed.

Why can't I believe a word

coming out of your mouth?

Ask Irena if you don't believe me.

I have no idea what she's talking about.

Irena! You were just pointing an M-16

rifle at a soldier, about to kill him!

What the hell are you talking about?

You're no longer possessed! That's

what happened! Rama, listen.

Tehila's ghost possessed Irena

while she was sleeping in her bed.

And then she sent Irena to avenge all

the a**holes that hurt her and...

And now Tehila's ghost left Irena's body

And that's the reason Irena

doesn't recall any of it!

I called the infirmary and asked

if you were there. Guess what?

Right, we weren't in the infirmary,

but that has nothing to do with it.

What would you do if you were me?

What?

I'm asking you.

What would you do?

In regards to what?

In regards to you!

What would you do if you were me?

I can't imagine a situation like that.

Go to the barracks.

Good night.

Your friends are working their butts off and so

am I. We're giving everything to this office.

And what does it look like?

Disgusting.

When I come back in the morning,

I don't want to recognize this place,

because it's going to be spotless.

Organized, tidy, without this dust and

these extra papers all over the place.

A new office!

But it's going to take me the whole night.

Why not do it all together

tomorrow morning?

What wasn't clear about my orders?

I don't understand why you're calling me out

and giving me the most brutal punishments

I'm doing this for you.

Because one day you'll wake up and realize that you

spent two years in the IDF and didn't do anything.

Didn't leave your mark.

While there are soldiers

that sacrifice their lives.

So here it is, your chance to

contribute a little to the Army.

Careful. It's still wet here.

Where are all the pages?

You told me to shred all the extra papers.

Those in the trash cans.

Not the ones we need.

We don't need so much paper. It

just makes our lives complicated.

So where are the old records?

In your office.

Rama?

Rama?

Episode 3:
The Commander

Mitzpe Ramon

Officers' Training School

One, attack. Two, freeze. Three, elbow.

Four, knee, the knee, the knee.

Knee, good. Now switch.

Let's go, Let's go!

68, two...

69, training is almost over, Up!

Yelena, you're not trying! 70!

Up! I can do this all day. 71, I have time.

Up! 90 degree knees, 72!

How do you expect to get attention

if you can't do sit ups?

76! Faster! Up!

77!

You'll never finish training

like that, Dafi. 87!

Up! Look at you. 88, Disgrace!

Up!

Responsibility! Question:

What is so unique about

accomplishing the goal?

Yeah.

Equality. Good. Moving on.

Hi, this is Zohar. Don't leave me

voicemails because I can't hear them.

So get lost. Bye.

The soldiers in training, in order to calculate

who's going to ask for sick days and when...

Personnel Department. Hello.

Hi, may I speak to Zohar?

Who is this, Dafi? Yeah.

Can I speak to Zohar?

Zohar is in prison.

What? Why?

She shredded the entire office.

Why are you whispering? I can't hear you.

Because Rama doesn't want

us to talk about it.

Anyway, Zohar got three months prison time.

Three months in prison?

I was just planning on moving up the

ranks in the Army. I mean, go far and...

I know it was pretty bad after

we failed the inspection,

but look how the office has

progressed since then. Greatly.

Look, we don't have the

quota to promote you.

What, but... why isn't there a quota?

There was only one quota for non-combatants

and the Education Office got it.

Rama, It's ok. You're getting discharged.

Is it because I'm a woman?

The education officer is a woman.

Yeah, I...

Rama, you've been outstanding, and

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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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