Underplayed Gems

Zero Motivation (2014)

Zero Motivation poster
Original title
אפס ביחסי אנוש
Directed by
Talya Lavie
Genre
comedy drama
Country
Israel
Runtime
1h 40m
Rated
15
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 70 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Two friends kill time doing clerical work at a remote Israeli military base. They deal with boredom, petty office drama, and the occasional absurd order. It is a comedy about the everyday frustrations of young women in a rigid system.

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What happens

Zero Motivation (Hebrew title: אפס ביחסי אנוש, Zero on Interpersonal Relations) is a 2014 Israeli black comedy film directed by Talya Lavie. The film premiered at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival where it received two awards. It was nominated for twelve Ophir Awards, and won six of them including prizes for writer/director Talya Lavie (although it was not awarded Best Film). It was the most successful Israeli film of 2014, seen by 590,000 people in Israel alone. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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