Zero Motivation
Filmmaker Talya Lavie steps into the spotlight with a dark comedy about 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, battling for the top score in Minesweeper, and counting down the minutes until they can return to civilian life. Amidst their boredom and clashing personalities, issues of commitment—from friendship to love and country—are handled with humor and sharp-edged wit.
This film feels like a darkly funny, existential office comedy set on a remote military base. It captures the absurdities of boredom, bureaucracy, and the peculiar bonds formed when young women are stuck together, waiting for life to begin.
