ZERO MOTIVATION, directed by Talya Lavie and winner of six Israeli “Oscars” plus the Best Narrative Feature Award at the Tribeca Film Festival, will open at Film Forum in NYC on December 3rd and the Nuart Theater in Los Angeles on January 16 , 2015. A national release will follow.
ZERO MOTIVATION, the biggest hit of the year in Israel, earning more at the box office than any other film (including Hollywood releases), is described as a unique, sharply observed, sometimes dark and often hilarious portrait of everyday life for a unit of young, female soldiers in a remote Israeli desert outpost. Playing out like M*A*S*H meets Orange is the New Black, Talya Lavie’s brilliant debut details the power struggles of three women with different agendas and very little to do.
Pencil-pushers in the Human Resources Office, best friends Zohar (Dana Ivgy) and Daffi (Nelly Tagar) spend their time playing video games, singing pop songs, jousting with stationery and dreaming of Tel Aviv. The indolent twosome are watched over by their aspiring senior officer, Rama (Shani Klein), who dreams of a higher position and a significant military career, but with a platoon of unskilled, idle, female soldiers without any drive under her charge, her ambitions for promotion are constantly thwarted. With shifts of tone that go from slapstick to satiric to horrifying with fluid ease, and with a superb supporting cast of characters, ZERO MOTIVATION is destined to be one of the most talked about films of the year.
Nelly Tagar as Daffi in ZERO MOTIVATION. A film by Talya Lavie. A Zeitgeist Films release.
Dana Ivgy as Zohar in ZERO MOTIVATION. A film by Talya Lavie. A Zeitgeist Films release.
Dana Ivgy as Zohar in ZERO MOTIVATION. A film by Talya Lavie. A Zeitgeist Films release.
Dana Ivgy as Zohar (left) and Nelly Tagar as Daffi in ZERO MOTIVATION. A film by Talya Lavie. A Zeitgeist Films release.
Dana Ivgy as Zohar in ZERO MOTIVATION. A film by Talya Lavie. A Zeitgeist Films release.
Nelly Tagar as Daffi (left) and Dana Ivgy as Zohar in ZERO MOTIVATION. A film by Talya Lavie. A Zeitgeist Films release.
A scene from ZERO MOTIVATION. A film by Talya Lavie. A Zeitgeist Films release.
Shani Klein as Rama in ZERO MOTIVATION. A film by Talya Lavie. A Zeitgeist Films release.
Nelly Tagar as Daffi in ZERO MOTIVATION. A film by Talya Lavie. A Zeitgeist Films release.
Shani Klein as Rama (left) and Nelly Tagar as Daffi in ZERO MOTIVATION. A film by Talya Lavie. A Zeitgeist Films release.
Shani Klein as Rama leads the recruits in ZERO MOTIVATION. A film by Talya Lavie. A Zeitgeist Films release.
Talya Lavie directing ZERO MOTIVATION. A Zeitgeist Films release. Photo: Eran Cohen
Zero Motivation director Talya Lavie Photo: Rubi Castro
Official Poster for ZERO MOTIVATION