Debut filmmaker talya lavie is israels answer to lena dunham. Viewing 12 posts 1 through 12 of 12 total author posts december 19, 2015 at 10. Zero motivation will open at film forum in new york on december 3, 2014 with a national release to follow. Zero motivation, talya lavies 2014 film satirizing life in the idf, was one of the most successful. Amy poehler to adapt israeli film zero motivation for american tv.
Entertaining and surprisingly emotionally effective as a series of character studies among a disparate. Zero motivation is being turned into a tv series for bbc america. The film won the best narrative feature at the 2014 tribeca film festival in new york. Zero motivation 2014 female israeli soldiers are posted to a remote desert base and spend their time pushing paper until they can return to civilian life. Filmmaker talya lavie steps into the spotlight with a dark comedy about everyday life for a unit of young female israeli soldiers.
At a remote and dysfunctional military base deep in the israeli desert, the female clerical staff are at the centre of the action. Lavies script stitches together three loosely connected tales. This movie provides insight on their actions, and way of survival while stationed at a desert base. At the end of the day, zero motivation is a wellpaced, very funny, effectively dramatic character piece with a mind toward feminism and personal growth. It was nominated for twelve ophir awards, and won six of them including prizes for writerdirector talya lavie although it was not awarded best film. Blithely unafraid of the comparison, zero motivation, which won the best narrative feature award at this years tribeca film festival, dares to make a.
Does anyone have english subtitles for the 2014 film zero motivation. Zohar and daffi nelly tagar have as much fun as possible during their boring work days, while also struggling with their overly zealous boss. Zero motivation, an israeli comedy the new york times. Zero motivation is simultaneously funny, serious, sentimental, sarcastic, slapstick, and totally unique. Nov 12, 2014 zero motivation official trailer 1 2014 comedy movie hd winner of the best narrative feature award at the tribeca film festival, zero motivation is a unique, sharply observed, sometimes dark. Darkly funny and understatedly absurd, zero motivation is a refreshing addition. The high school scene, the shifting statements to police, the prejudices, the sketchy alibis, the scant forensic evidence all of it leads back to the most basic questions. Private benjamin meets mash, speaks hebrew, and keeps kosher. Sep 16, 2014 winner best narrative feature tribeca film festival filmmaker talya lavie steps into the spotlight with zero motivation, a zany, dark comedic portrait of everyday life for a unit of young. 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.
They must play out their time there, until it is time for them to go back to living as civilians. Watch zero motivation online vimeo on demand on vimeo. Laughs, drama and danger unfold as these ladies do their job and bide their time waiting to be sent back to civilization. That experience is at the center of the sweetly sour israeli comedy zero motivation, which won best narrative feature at this years tribeca film festival. Winner of the top prize for narrative world cinema at the tribeca film festival. The film premiered at the 2014 tribeca film festival where it received two awards. Told to get rid of a stain on an officers uniform, zohar scissors it. Irena, one of her coworkers, advises her to sleep with a boy as soon as. If i feel motivated, i am either triggered by anxiety, or i am just doing something that i very much enjoy. In 2014, he appeared as doctor gavish in the second season of the drama television series yellow peppers. The dvd is region1 so will play with vlc player but not with region2 dvd players.
Also a dvdcopy with subtitles should probably be out soon. Just as eytan foxs yossi and jagger marked a significant moment in israeli cinema for exploring the struggles of gay men in the countrys military, so. Zero motivation official trailer 1 2014 comedy movie. Zero motivation 2014 in hd 1080p, zero motivation 2014 in hd, watch zero motivation 2014 streaming online, zero motivation 2014 full movie, zero motivation 2014. Set in a remote desert military base, a platoon of young women soldiers, all israeli conscripts, serve out their time playing. Zero motivation official trailer 1 2014 comedy movie hd winner of the best narrative feature award at the tribeca film festival, zero motivation is a unique, sharply observed, sometimes dark.
Zero motivation, one of israels most successful films in recent decades, will be adapted into a television series by bbc america. Rent zero motivation 2014 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Dec 03, 2014 video archive for the film zero motivation, which has a domestic theatrical release in the year of 2014. Dec 18, 2014 zero motivation is such a great, loaded name for a movie. There are currently two videos available for the film, of which one and only one is a trailer, as listed below. Zero motivation movie clip stapler 2014 comedy movie hd duration. Rent zero motivation 2014 starring dana ivgy and nelly tagar on dvd and bluray. A dark comedy about life in the israeli army talya lavies first feature film zero motivation is a satirical look at the lives of three young women doing mandatory. Mash meets lena dunhams girls in talya lavies sharply observed first time feature film zero motivation. Talya lavies debut film, which won top award at the tribeca film festival, is a black comedy about paperpushing israeli female soldiers.
Amy poehler to adapt israeli film zero motivation for. Playing out like mash meets orange is the new black, the film details the power struggles of three women with. But what makes the film so original is not that distinction, or the greater one that the soldiers observed here are female and israeli. If you like zero motivation you are looking for humorous, dark humor and tragicomedy movies about with military base, office, female soldier, military, soldier, army and friendship themes of comedy and drama genre shot in israel. Homeforumspurposezero motivation and enthusiasm for life new reply this topic contains 11 replies, has 7 voices, and was last updated by michael 4 years, 2 months ago. Talya lavies zero motivation follows a pair of lowlevel female israeli military officers who while away the time working in a remote humanresources office. The dark comedy zero motivation 2014 tells the tale of an allfemale unit of israeli soldiers who are stationed in a remote desert base. Zero motivation 2014 15 06262014 il drama, comedy 1h 37m user score. The underbaked israeli comedy zero motivation opens with soldiers waiting to be bused to a remote artillery base. In july 2014, he began portraying professor landau in metim lerega. Youve already acknowledged what you have to do and so im assuming there must be some acknowledgement as to what the motives are to do these things otherwise you wouldnt say you have to do them. Zero motivation and enthusiasm for life tiny buddha.
Best friends zohar dana ivgy and daffi nelly tagar spend their time playing video. Dec 03, 2014 the underbaked israeli comedy zero motivation opens with soldiers waiting to be bused to a remote artillery base. Zero motivation is unique simply by virtue of being a femalecentric military satire from a female filmmaker. The human resources office at a remote desert base serves as the setting for this cast of characters, who bide their.
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