Talya Lavie's feature debut Zero Motivation can only be described as a off-kilter, dark comedic portrait of life for the young, female soldier in the Israeli army. The film primarily follows two irresponsible young soliders in Daffi and Zohar, who work in a Human Resources office in a remote desert base. While Daffi is desperate to get transferred to Tel Aviv, Zohar spends most of her time on minesweeper. In the thick of boredom and clashing personalities aplenty, Zohar and Daffi find their friendships put to the test. Zero Motivation is a sharp comedic treat about what it is like to be a female solider in a male dominate society. The film doesn't exactly sound the trumpet of social injustice, but it does subtlely expose many of the disadvantages of being a female in current society. This is not even close to the film's only focus which is probably Zero Motivation's biggest weakness, having far too many provocative ideas, which leads to many of them feeling half-baked. Zero Motivation touches on love, friendship, country, gender politics, and female empowerment, with poignant stretches that never are quite capable of sustaining themselves due to being overstuffed. As far as first-features go, Zero Motivation is without question the birth of a interesting new voice, with its effectiveness struggling at times due to trying to touch on too many topics.
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