Zero Motivation (2014) is an Israeli film, written and directed by Talya Lavie. The movie takes place at a remote army post of the Israeli Defense Force. All of the main actors portray female conscripts, none of whom wants to be in the army, especially in the middle of the desert.
Dana Ivgy plays Zohar and Nelly Tagar plays Daffi, best friends until they're not. All of the women are unmotivated and act like prisoners rather than soldiers. (Well, in a sense they are prisoners.) However, instead of banding together to fight against the repressive officers, they play computer games and fight with each other.
Not only was this film demeaning to women, but it wasn't funny. (Well, if you consider a woman committing suicide early in the film funny, then I guess it's funny.)
This film won multiple awards at the Israeli Film Academy Awards, and it carries a very high IMDb rating of 7.7. OK--everyone else liked it. I thought it was insulting and demeaning to women, and I really disliked it.
We saw this movie in the Dryden Theatre, as part of the fantastic Rochester International Film Festival. It will work on the small screen as well as it worked on the large screen.
Dana Ivgy plays Zohar and Nelly Tagar plays Daffi, best friends until they're not. All of the women are unmotivated and act like prisoners rather than soldiers. (Well, in a sense they are prisoners.) However, instead of banding together to fight against the repressive officers, they play computer games and fight with each other.
Not only was this film demeaning to women, but it wasn't funny. (Well, if you consider a woman committing suicide early in the film funny, then I guess it's funny.)
This film won multiple awards at the Israeli Film Academy Awards, and it carries a very high IMDb rating of 7.7. OK--everyone else liked it. I thought it was insulting and demeaning to women, and I really disliked it.
We saw this movie in the Dryden Theatre, as part of the fantastic Rochester International Film Festival. It will work on the small screen as well as it worked on the large screen.