"July August Productions Presents" "A Film By Talya Lavie" "This seat's taken." "Excuse me..." " ZERO MOTIVATION " "All passengers get off the bus, there's a problem with the engine." "Another bus is on its way." "Soldiers, please get off the bus." "Soldiers, hurry up please..." "Dibs on seats!" "Story 01" " The Replacement " "I wanna die." "Let's go in first." "We're late." "I can't take another step." "Go on without me." "I already missed two buses waiting for you." "Rama will kill me." "Why won't anyone answer my letters?" "Want me to carry your bag?" "It won't help." "It's my heart that's heavy." "I just can't go into that base and start another crappy week." "Come on, Daffi, the week will fly by." "We'll have some laughs." "We'll set a new Minesweeper record." "Excuse me." "This is Shizafon Base, right?" "More like 'Shit-a-phone'" "Yeah, this is it." "Good, I wasn't sure." "I'm new here." "Poor thing." "Don't mind her." "She's got the Monday blues." "Hold on, what's your name?" "Tehila." "What's your position?" "Secretary." "Where?" "In an office?" "Didn't they tell you which office?" "What's with the interrogation?" "I'm going in." "Don't you get it?" "She's my replacement." "Okay." "I'm late." "I have to get the dickwads their coffee." ""FYI - this base is full of faggots."" "The rookie says: "Really?" The old-timer says:" ""Sure." "Want me to point them out?"" "The rookie says: "Yes."" "The old-timer says:" ""Okay, but first gimme a kiss."" "So, no coffee today?" "Don't worry, my girls have it covered." "If you want to command 100 soldiers, first learn to command five." "Absolutely." "Okay." "We have that multi-unit drill this week." "Ber, go ahead." "Okay." "We're in Firing Zone Q-4," "Targets Alpha and Bravo." "Tracer fire only." "North of azimuth 280." "How'd you figure out she's your replacement?" "It's obvious." "My letters finally reached someone who actually read them and decided to help me." "Where did you come from?" "Basic training." "And where did they send you?" "Here." "See?" "Say hello to Administration, your new home." "This is your desk." "Oh, there you are, you little punk." "Don't ask what happened." "The top brass are waiting, dying of thirst, starving, so I won't ask, thank you." "But the bus broke down, I swear." "I don't care if aliens stop all the traffic in the South, you're supposed to be here at 9:30 am." "It's my fault, she missed two buses waiting for me." "You aren't glued together, this isn't kindergarten." "Who's she?" "Meet Tehila..." "Whatever." "Bring in the snacks and then clean this." "What?" "You heard me." "Get rid of that stain." "You don't have to salute." "Basic training is over." "Fuck her!" "How dare she yell at me?" "!" "Making me clean her uniform..." "Am I her slave now?" "Ignore her." "Let's just make the coffee." "She can go fuck herself with all those top brass up the ass!" "Rama, our officer, is a little uptight." "And a dumb-ass moron." "Come on." "This is the officers' seating arrangement so you'll know who gets what." "Got it?" "It's simple." "Hi, Anattie." "Anat." "Don't you remember me?" "You don't recognize me when I'm not crying." "Daffi." "From Administration." "Oh, right." "And without that hoodie..." "Look, they sent me a replacement and I'm transferring to Tel Aviv!" "You don't say." "Yeah." "Good for you." "Best of luck." "Thanks." "Shut up!" "Shut up already!" "Administration." "Yes, just a second." "Hi Logistics." "There are lots of forms here, release forms, furlough forms..." "Yes." "Bye." "Bye." "No, no." "Those are personnel files." "What are you looking for?" "Oh." "Okay." "Anyway, this is all the Administration stuff." "Meet my replacement, Tehila." "What replacement?" "I'm transferring to Tel Aviv." "You're kidding." "How did that happen?" "Jealous, huh?" "Anyway, Tehila, meet your colleagues." "This is Liat, Rama's secretary, and Livnat..." "I'm a Human Resources NCO." "Wow, you really have no idea what we do here." "Not that anyone does much." "We work our asses off." "Maybe if you did any work you'd see." "Daffi." "If you put your bag on my desk again..." "I'll shove it up your ass." "Drop it." "Basically, we share this desk." "No, brainiac, it's mine." "Rama said so." "This is Irena." "She's new too..." "New my ass, I've been here for two months now." "Poor thing, she's in shock." "Two years sounds like a lot, but they fly by." "Fly by... yeah right..." "Hi, girls." "Hi." "How was your weekend?" "Here we have hole-punches, staplers, staples, thumbtacks, dividers, Stanley knife, markers, sharpeners, glue, ink refills, stapler refills..." "Quiet!" "Shut your blowhole." "The staple gun, the most precious thing in this office." "This sucker's lethal." "Nothing else can hold up the posters, not tacks, not tape." "There are only two of them and they're numbered." "We hide them in here." "Even if you're taken captive and tortured you can't tell anyone, got it?" "Boaz?" "Got a minute?" "For you I even have 60 seconds." "I applied for the "second position"." "There's only one opening so I need your recommendation." "There's still time before the committee meets, right?" "Yeah, but I like to take care of things in advance." "How many applicants are there?" "Me and three other brigade officers." "Excellent." "Competition is healthy." "You still have time to impress us." "The HQ inspection is coming up, right?" "Yes." "That's your opportunity to earn some points." "Absolutely." "I'll do my best." "I'm sure you will." "Girls." "What is this, vacation?" "What do you mean, transferring?" "It means what it means." "It simply means "transferring to Tel Aviv"." "Don't be sassy, I don't have time for this crap." "We only get new personnel at the end of the month." "It's okay, Rama." "Everything's under control." "I've been in touch with the brass in Tel Aviv." "What kind of touch?" "I've been sending letters... lots of letters." "To who?" "The Mental Health Officer, Social Services, the Chief of Staff's Women's Consultant, and also the Chief of Staff himself." "What?" "!" "We wrote him too, right, Zohar?" "The Chief of Staff?" "Yes, I think so." "You wrote to the Chief of Staff?" "What did you write?" "That you're a spoiled brat with a made-up job," ""Paper and Shredding NCO", because you're totally useless?" "That you want to transfer because the desert dries out your hair?" "We phrased it a little differently." "You went over my head." "Unbelievable." "I'm sure he just passed it over to one of his officers..." "I can't believe this mess." "The combat units are organized to a tee and non-combats are shifted around like garbage." "And stop moving the fucking folders around!" "Shut the door!" "I can't deal with it now." "You'll have to wait." "It's okay." "I'll take care of everything." "You've gotten sassy ever since you started copying Zohar." "What's it got to do with me?" "Are you testing me?" "No." "It's 13-zero-seven and I still haven't gotten the mail." "It's been on your desk for an hour..." "Zero-zero." "What about my shirt?" "Did you remove the stain?" "I'm working on it." "Excellent." "Keep going." "Is this what you do every day?" "I don't see the point of doing it every day, so once in a while I shred a whole bunch." "But it's up to you." "Being a Paper and Shredding NCO is what you make it." "Shh!" "Sorry." "They're on a power trip." "The BC's secretaries are such snobs." "What's a BC?" "The Base Commander." "Don't worry, you'll get to know everyone." "Do you know all the soldiers?" "In the base?" "No way, you know how many are there?" "How many?" "There are..." "Lots." "You're so silly." "We can take a break now." "Basically, you can nap every afternoon, just keep it under the radar." "I can't believe you're leaving." "You'll have some peace and quiet." "You won't hear me bitch all day." "Yeah, with those two skanks singing in fucking harmony." "It's Guy Sheffi." "He just looked at you." "Really?" "Yeah, go talk to him." "Are you crazy?" "What'll I say?" "I don't know, just say "hi"." "His friends are cute, too." "If we end up together I'll introduce you." "First find the guts to talk to him." "I will if you stay." "What's that got to do with it?" "We'll talk on the phone, you'll come visit me, we'll have coffee at the mall." "We'll talk on the phone every day." "What's a phone?" "Can a phone save you a seat on the bus?" "Or break records on all the computers in the office?" "You'll hate it there, with no one to talk to, no one to eat with." "Ladies and gentlemen, following an impressive game by the Spanish champion will the Israeli defeat her?" "She's in, she's marking the screen." "I'm told she was trained in the Israeli army, and now..." "Yes!" "I broke the record!" "No way." "Move over, I'm on fire." "Now Zohar Ben-Ari steps up..." "Don't you ever get sick of that crap?" "Uh..." "Rama..." "About Tehila," "I gave her the full orientation, you can test her tomorrow, so if it's okay with you," "I'll be leaving tomorrow." "Report to my office tomorrow morning and we'll work it out." "You think this is funny?" "You told me to get rid of the stain." "So I did." "This prank just cost you a Shabbat." "Cut her some slack, I'll sew it up, I promise." "You look at the trash cans." "The paper's overflowing." "You're not leaving before you shred every piece, you hear?" "Shit, it's Shapiro, that bastard." "Who?" "Just a second." "One moment." "Ethan..." "What are you doing here?" "I was stationed here." "What?" "How can that be?" "Can I come in?" "Listen, girls aren't allowed in here." "The Sergeant checks all the time." "This is really inappropriate." "Let's talk tomorrow." "I was so worried about you." "Why didn't you call me?" "I told you, this is a stressful time." "Didn't we have fun at the Kinneret (Sea of Galilee)?" "No, it was cool." "I can't stop thinking about what we did in the water, in the tent..." "Okay, but..." "that was last summer." "We only met like..." "Eight times, we spent five nights together, not counting the one in the Kinneret." "You said we'll meet on the Holidays, and I made a surprise for you but you didn't answer my calls." "You really have to go." "First look at my surprise." "Hold on, I didn't call you back because things were crazy, but also because..." "I've never been so in love." "You stole my heart." "Okay, but..." "It's over." "I'm not into you." "Why not?" "It's just not happening." "Then why did you text me that you're always thinking about me?" "I can't remember." "For 4 months you're all I thought about, nothing else, just Ethan, Ethan, Ethan, Ethan..." "You didn't really enlist, did you?" "How did you get in here?" "I had to see you, I couldn't take it anymore." "Hold on..." "Be quiet." "Aren't you the new girl from Administration?" "She's not a soldier, she's crazy..." "We met a few times." "Nothing happened." "Nothing happened?" "Do you know what he texted me?" "When I got your home number, your mom said you were home, and a minute later she said you weren't home." "Did you tell your mom to lie to me?" "You can go to jail for impersonating a soldier." "If we report you, you'll have a police record." "Right, Anattie?" "Don't you remember at the Kinneret..." "Forget the fucking Kinneret!" "That was a long time ago." "I have a girlfriend now." "Get a grip and get off this base before someone finds you." "Leave the base now." "Where did you get the uniform and the badge?" "This is insane..." "Sorry I didn't call you back, okay?" "I apologize." "Do you want me to walk you out?" "We'll talk a little?" "Okay, fuck off right now or I'm calling security." "You want to ruin your life?" "You already ruined it." "Tehila, are you okay?" "Yes." "We'll be in the room if you need anything." "Ethan" "Eating off the floor, gross." "Nothing grosses Zohar out." "That's what kibbutz people are like, right?" "And how is it with you skanks?" "Watch yourself." "Ignore her." "Yeah, ignore me." "Daffi." "Daffi." "Do you really think he looked at me?" "I'm worried about Tehila." "How long does it take to take a dump?" "She must be constipated." "Like you were when you got here." "Can you shut up?" "I'm trying to sleep." "Who?" "Us or them?" "Both." ""Both"" "Livnat." "Fuck." "Yes?" "I'm coming." "We don't need an investigative committee to know that this was an epic fuck-up." "Not only did a soldier commit suicide, she wasn't even a soldier, she was a fraud." "Five Personnel NCOs and not one caught on." "She didn't have an army ID." "She had one, Rama." "I heard she stole a soldier's bag." "But if a new soldier isn't listed anywhere you report it to me immediately!" "You didn't have time for it." "Excuse me?" "You told Daffi that you didn't have time for that crap." "You've got some nerve, you know that?" "Yeah, you told me like 700 times." "I'm not supposed to personally handle every soldier who comes here." "You know why?" "Because it's not my job." "I'm supposed to supervise you, not do it myself." "If only one of you had made one fucking phone call, or told me there's a problem, you'd have saved her life." "And your ass." "My ass?" "!" "Yeah, why put the blame on us?" "You're the officer, own up to it." "I'll own up, all right... that my soldiers got a hell of a nerve." "I swear to God, Zohar," "I'll make a decent person out of you." "You're grounded for Shabbat." "You already grounded me." "Then two Shabbats." "Want to go for 21 days?" "It's already 21, can't you count?" "You're right." "I stand corrected." "Make it 28." "Shall I continue?" "Rama." "Let's review the details." "She arrived yesterday morning..." "Let's go to the conference room." "I'll kill myself too." "That's the only way I'll get any attention." "You'll get attention, but you won't be able to enjoy it because you'll be dead." "I don't care." "I'm gonna kill myself." "You have to report that I threatened to do it." "Kill yourself first, then we'll report it." "You don't believe me?" "Sure, why not?" "We want to see you do it." "I'll drink white-out." "It's poison." "It's finished, but just you wait, when supplies come..." "You'll regret it." "I have some." "Here." "What else do you have stashed in there?" "All this was waiting for you, Postal NCO." "Thanks." "You know what the base calls Administration?" ""Ad-masturbation."" "Every base calls it that." "Not mine!" "Over my dead body!" "Paper and Shredding NCO, beside playing pen-pal with the Chief of Staff could you find time to do your job?" "Are we still recycling?" "Because we threw it all together." "Can you shred this too, please?" "An Urgent Request Regarding Reassignment" "To The Chief Of Staff" "What's this?" "You didn't send my letters?" "Daffi. .." "I can't believe you lied." "I didn't lie." "You pretended to help me." "Hey, I put my soul into those letters." "But you never sent them." "You never sent them!" "I spared you the humiliation." "They'd only end up in some trash can, or worse, on some wall, as a joke." "My biggest dream is a joke?" "Your "biggest dream" is pretty lame, isn't it?" "Making coffee in Tel Aviv instead of here..." "At least here you have me." "You think you'll ever find a friend like me?" "I hope I'll never find a friend like you." "Right." "Who else will wait hours at the bus station, just so you don't go into the base alone?" "So I'm your charity case?" "I'm sorry, okay?" "I was mad at the army, but YOU screwed me." "You're why I'm stuck in this hellhole." "You know what?" "Go ahead and send your crybaby letters, you naive baby." "We'll see who gives a damn!" "Maybe the Chief of Staff!" "What's so special about Tel Aviv?" "At the end of basic training they let us rate 3 top priorities for where we want to be stationed." "I wrote:" "Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv and Tel Aviv." "I get that, but why?" "People usually want to serve in Tel Aviv to be close to home, but you live in Haifa." "But I'll be living in Tel Aviv and I'll have a real life." "You know, in Tel Aviv, if you don't live nearby, the army has to provide housing, it's not so simple." "But I can't stand this place any longer, Anattie." "Anat." "Fill out your reasons for transferring." "I'll try to pass it on, but it'll take time." "I also hated my old base, but I didn't whine so much." "So how did you get out?" "I went to officers' training." "Thanks." "Are you okay?" "Administration." "Hey." "I need a release form, please." "Hey..." "What?" "A release form." "This is Administration, isn't it?" "Are you leaving?" "Can you give this to Daffi?" "It's hers." "So do you have one?" "What?" "Oh, a release form." "She has them." "Okay." "Thanks." "I'm serious, Rama." "Could you repeat that?" "I said I wanted..." "Louder" "To give 110 percent, to ask what I can do for my army, not what my army can do for me." "I want to be an officer like Rama." "I have the honor of having the perfect role model." "Very impressive." "And I must mention that Rama isn't to blame for the... failure." "It was our mistake." "Mine." "There seems to be a lot of mistakes around here, but the guard was found guilty, letting a civilian in." "Oh, okay." "Anyway, it wasn't Rama." "Boaz?" "I'm still on the line." "Anything else?" "Go ahead, I'm with you." "What a spread, Daffi." "Who's next?" "Liattie, right?" "God forbid." "Not yet, Rama." "Wanna be an officer, too?" "Okay, is everybody here?" "I'm very proud of our Daffi who came here six months ago..." "Seven and a half." "And faced many difficulties as we all know," "and cast off bad influences, and now she's going to become an exemplary IDF officer." "Cheers." "Wait, I'm not done." "This is not just Daffi's personal victory but a proof that each and every one of us has a starting point where she begins, and from there on... the sky has no limit." "Cheers." "I want to say thank you..." "To Rama, for giving me a great recommendation." "Cheers." "Yes." "Cheers." "Just don't get drunk on me." "As if you can get drunk on... grape juice." "I'll be in my office." "What about her big dream to be in Tel Aviv?" "It'll come true, big-time." "I'll be an officer in Tel Aviv." "How do you know?" "You know Guy Sheffi, the officer?" "He's transferring there and he'll get me a job in his office." "Isn't it hysterical that the most spoiled soldier, who can't go without her nap, who won't touch anything and showers in her swimsuit and is allergic to every grain of sand in this desert is going to be an IDF officer?" "So what will you do?" "A Colonel's office manager." "Wow, that's cool." "Good for you." "Zohar, did you finish the wine?" "Your dream is coming true..." "Tel Aviv Base cake!" "This is the Mall." "And the highway..." "It's grape juice." "Are you crying?" "I just hate throwing up." "I'm not anorexic-bulimic like you." "Here, drink." "Of all the guys in the base you had to pick him?" "It's just a coincidence." "He's leaving anyway." "I spared you the humiliation." "Story 02" " The Virgin " "'War of Independence', 'Sinai War'" "'Six-Day War'" "'War of Attrition'" "'Yom Kippur War'" "'Lebanon War'" "'Gulf War'" "Well, Irena?" "When?" "When I was 14." "Oh, that's not so bad." "I thought it was much earlier." "With who?" "Just some guy, a neighbor." "I was 17, on 7/17." "Such a beautiful date." "Mine was at camp before 12th grade." "With my counselor..." "Zohar, what about you?" "Zohar?" "What?" "What "what"?" "I wasn't listening." "Wasn't listening, my ass." "Good morning." "Not now, pest." "You were here yesterday." "Can you check for me?" "Not now." "It'll only take a second." "When's my discharge date?" "Buddy, I'm the Postal NCO." "I can mail you to your mommy." "Here, come here." "Interesting." "They say kibbutz is where all the action is." "So stop by on your way to Russia and say you've come to volunteer." "I may be the only virgin in the South." "I'm definitely the only virgin on my kibbutz." "All the freaks and geeks have done it except me." "Stop counting us all the time, we're not gonna multiply." "Naama." "I'm definitely the only virgin on the base." "True, all the girls here are skanks, but I don't want to feel so different." "Liat." "Zohar." "God, please make me like everyone else, make me normal." "I don't want to die a virgin." "I mean, I don't want to die at all, but... definitely not as a virgin." "Girls, back to listening position." "I know it's hot and you're tired, but we must stay fully focused." "Shira doesn't feel well." "She's gonna faint." "Yeah, Rama, I'm gonna faint." "Shira can go sit in the shade." "Can I go with her in case she needs help?" "No." "If she needs help she'll tell us." "Now that the invalids have been evacuated," "I have a little confession to make." "Hilit and I were in officers' training together." "Camp 12." "Respect." "And power." "We overcame many obstacles together and she's like my twin sister." "Go ahead, Hilit." "What do I do if I see a suspicious person approaching the base?" "You mean, like... someone with a fake army ID?" "No." "A real suspect." "What do I do?" "Scream?" "When I'm guarding at the gate and the security of the base is in my hands" "I see a suspicious figure and all I have is my alertness, my quick-wit, my responsibility, and my M-16." "What do I do?" "Shoot?" "!" "Just like that?" "Shoot?" "What if I kill an innocent person?" "That's exactly why we have the Suspect Procedure." "Someone approaches the gate, the first thing I do is yell, "Halt!"" "Repeat after me." "Halt." "He doesn't halt." "I yell, "Halt and identify yourself"." "Halt and identify yourself!" "He doesn't stop." "I yell, "Halt or I'll shoot!"" "Halt or I'll shoot!" "He still doesn't stop!" "I cock my gun as a warning, then I shoot in the air, then at his legs." "But..." "Questions later." "But what if he does stop?" "No, really." "What if he does stop?" "If he stops, call me." "Now, Zohar, since you like to ask questions, you'll have the honor of guarding first." "At least you'll be first at something." "What did you say?" "Focus, girls." "Let's continue." "What did you say, bitch?" ""At least you'll be first at something"?" "Chill." "I said, "The twin sister is stunning"." "Let's continue, girls." "Want my advice?" "No." "It's free." "No, thanks." "You need a man." "Oh, that's your advice." "You need a cock, ASAP." ""Cock, ASAP"..." "You're a real romantic poet." "If you want romance, lose your virginity first." "No one will want you like this, a hysterical virgin with cobwebs on her pussy." "Man, you have a potty-mouth on you." "How can a girl with so many creams be so filthy inside?" "You should listen to that mouth, find a man, and fast." "Screw the first one you see, before it's too late." "Well, Irena, maybe in Russia a woman needs a man to justify her existence." "Get with the times, girl, you're in the West now." "Dumbass, open an atlas, I used to be in the West." "Now I'm here." "...you're on patrol." "Gal Mizrahi and Shuki Solomon, you're in the tower." "Oleg Kowalski and Ran Saporta, you're at the back gate." "What do we have left?" "Just me." "Zohar." "Right." "You guard the armory." "Alone?" "Don't I get a partner?" "The armory only has one guard because it's inside the base." "Every hour on the hour, you patrol around the shack." "No sitting, no talking on the phone." "So, I stand here for 4 hours and do nothing?" "You wanted equal rights?" "You got 'em." "Where will you be?" "Where will I be when?" "While I'm guarding here." "In my dreams." "What?" "Do you have a girlfriend?" "Enjoy your shift." "Later." "I asked if you have a girlfriend." "A boyfriend." "If anything happens, call the officer on duty." "Don't worry, nothing's gonna happen." "Nothing's gonna happen 'cause it's my life." "I wish someone would show up." "Not Mr. Universe, just someone reasonable." "Nobody amazing, just average." "As long as he wants me." "Who's there?" "Halt or I'll shoot." "Put the gun down." "Who are you?" "Meir." "I'm looking for the canteen." "You're not from the base?" "No, I'm with the Paratroopers." "We're deployed here." "Can you step into the light?" "Serious security here, huh?" "Yeah, sorry about that." "I'm Zohar." "Hi." "Hey, Zohar." "Nice to meet you." "So where's the canteen?" "I'd show you, but..." "I can't leave my post." "No problem." "Just point the way." "How long are you guys here?" "Until... day after tomorrow." "Well..." "If you want, maybe... tomorrow night I could show you where it is, and some other things." "If you want." "Okay, cool." "So... tomorrow night at ten?" "Yeah." "Sure." "Great." "It's a date." "Can you tell me where the canteen is anyway?" "The guys are waiting for their cigarettes..." "Yeah, it's just up the path, it's the red door." "Oh..." "Thanks." "See you tomorrow?" "10 pm. at the canteen." "Yikes!" "God in Heaven!" "Help me up!" "What are you staring at?" "!" "I'm not dead yet." "Am I supposed to sleep on the floor now?" "You can sleep in the empty bed." "Now it's "the empty bed?"" "The girl slits her wrists and peels off her skin, and I need to sleep in her bed?" "Quiet, girls, you're bothering me." "Sorry for bothering you!" "I almost died just now." "Why almost?" "I'm not sleeping in her bed." "Forget it." "It's not that bad, Zohar." "You sleep there if it's not that bad." "I'll sleep in her bed, okay?" "Take my bed and be quiet." "Chicken." "Paranoid virgin." "What's that got to do with it?" "That's really nice of you, Irena." "Just you remember that." "It smells weird up here." "Good night." "It smells like..." "You wish there was a nice long sausage in your bed." "There's no such thing as ghosts, Liattie." "So not a ghost." "Maybe... she's possessed by a demon." "There are no ghosts or demons, not even elves who do our work while we sleep." "Look." "She's acting really weird." "I'm the Inspections Officer." "Which one shall I choose?" "August '03." "Headquarters." "Let's see..." "Here." "August 24th, Logistics' Form One." "It says here that Private Otch..." "Utch. .." "Utchperkovitch." "Utchperkovitch, Tomer, was absent on this date due to a scheduled leave." "That's what it says." "Now, soldier, show me confirmation for this." "The HQ inspection is like being under combat fire." "It's Administration's biggest test." "Every statistic about every soldier, must be crosschecked and documented." "Releases, ranks, trials, leave requests, everything!" "One mistake is enough to fail us." "And it's a random inspection." "Random means unpredictable." "Do you realize what this means?" "What does it mean?" "That it takes luck." "That we must check every folder and every form because we can't trust our luck." "Rama, we'll never be able to update everything." "You know what a mess this is?" "According to my calculations, if we set ourselves to it we can go over everything by Thursday and still get four hours of sleep a night." "And we're not just going to pass, we're going to pass with excellence." "Come on, girls, let's make this fun." "Now, I understand that Irena is possessed." "Irena, is that true?" "Irena?" "Irena, you put papers in the dividers, okay?" "It says he was absent for a week." "It doesn't say why." "Here." "Send him on a leave." "Fuck, there's no end to this." "See how time flies?" "This ghost thing is a stroke of genius." "Who knew you could be so brilliant, both in theory and in practice?" "I think something is really wrong with her." "Rama, listen." "What?" "Irena's in bad shape." "I think I should take her to the infirmary." "The infirmary?" "And what would they do?" "Perform an exorcism?" "She needs professional help." "God forbid we'll have another..." "Tehila incident." "Go ahead and come back ASAP." "Every minute means less sleep for the other girls." "Of course." "Irena, well played." "Not only did we escape Hell," "Satan herself opened the gates." "Aren't we going to the infirmary?" "Are you crazy?" "Let's go to the room." "But you told Rama we're going to the infirmary." "Go if you want to." "I have to get moving." "I had a neighbor who was stabbed." "Later I saw his hand coming out of the drawer." "Irena, cut the creepy shit." "You're starting to scare me." "Why are you putting on make-up?" "Remember you told me to lose my virginity ASAP?" "No..." "You did and you were right." "That's exactly what I'm going to do." "Can I come with you?" "What?" "No." "Why don't you go to your friends' room?" "I don't have any friends." "Why don't you read a Russian book, then?" "You said you'd take me to the infirmary." "So go there, psycho." "Thank me for getting you out of the office, and get off my tail." "Please don't leave me alone." "I have some personal stuff." "Come on, Irena." "I found a cute guy and he's into me." "He's leaving tomorrow." "I won't get in the way." "You will, it's a date!" "Then I'll tell Rama we didn't go to the infirmary." "I see the ghost had no effect on your crappy personality." "You'll be like air, get it?" "Air!" "You're early." "So are you." "I like that." "I like you." "This is Irena." "She has some personal issues but she won't bother us." "Cool." "Hi Irena." "Hello." "Basic training was hell, worst 5 months of my life." "They busted our asses." "It was like the Holocaust." "The Holocaust?" "Irena, what did we say?" "It's just an expression." "You shouldn't use that expression." "Irena." "But they were really like Nazis." "Oh, yeah?" "What did they do?" "First of all, they killed 6 million of us." "We only went home on trains." "Irena, I'm kidding, lighten up." "What..." "What..." "How long have you been in the unit?" "Almost a year." "And the commanders there aren't Nazis?" "No, they're cool." "But enough with the jokes, Irena's offended." "What does Irena have to do with it?" "The Russians weren't even in the Holocaust!" "Okay, I'm getting drinks." "What'll you have?" "A diet Coke." "Diet Coke for the madame, and for you?" "Nothing." "One diet Coke and one nothing, coming up." "What's your problem?" "You're supposed to be like air." "I am." "I didn't order anything." "Why don't you go back to the room?" "Something's starting here." "On vacation, are we?" "She's been busting our asses." "Do you mind moving to another table?" "Someone's sitting here." "Who?" "Now you also talk in harmony?" "Somebody." "We do all the work, and now we have to eat standing up like horses?" "Eat in the room, you leeches." "We have every right to sit here." "But I'm telling you, this seat is taken." "No problem, I'll get another chair." "Hi, girls." "...I didn't hear the end of the joke" "She didn't get it..." "Why are you laughing then?" "Because she's a blonde." "Okay, champ, you have nine cans here." "Let's see you knock them all down..." "Fuck off, psycho!" "You were away a long time." "As if anyone noticed." "I did." "You..." "You're the reason those assholes took over!" "They saw you and joined the party." "Turns out, I'm the air of this date." "Damn, no privacy around here." "Where should we go?" "You tell me." "Everything okay?" "Yes." "You were there all this time?" "Where?" "The infirmary, yes." "Good to have you back." "We almost finished the soldiers." "Tomorrow we'll do the staff." "It'll help if you clean up a bit." "Okay." "I'll go get the broom." "It's right here." "So I'll get some rags, we'll get this place spotless." "Wait, slow down." "Can you be more gentle?" "What?" "More gentle." "I'm not used to it..." "You want gentle?" "Yeah, a little." "Go find a pencil-pusher." "I'm combat, baby." "Wait a second." "What's the matter, baby?" "I thought you wanted this." "Wait..." "No." "No." "Stop it." "Wait, stop it." "Stop or I'll shoot!" "Put the gun down." "You, get dressed." "Not you." "What do you think you're doing?" "What?" "What are you doing to this girl?" "Do you think you can stick your ugly pecker wherever you want?" "That's a girl, not a garbage can." "I'm sorry." "No, I'm sorry for interrupting." "Come here." "Where?" "Over there." "Take your stuff." "Forward march!" "Stop!" "See that garbage can?" "Fuck it." "What?" "Fuck the garbage can." "Do it." "Can't you hear me?" "What do you mean, fuck it?" "What you did to Zohar, only now with the garbage can." "But..." "What's the matter?" "Can't do it?" "You're sick." "You thought you could fuck anything?" "Give me the clothes." "Now fuck off and don't come back." "I need my gun." "I can't give it back to you." "Irena, give him the gun." "What are you doing?" "He'll kill us." "I won't do anything, I swear." "They'll put me in jail." "Haven't you humiliated me enough?" "Thanks." "Rama..." "Don't "Rama" me." "Your little party's over." "FYI, I was almost raped and nearly killed." "How can I believe a word you say?" "Ask Irena." "I don't know what she's talking about." "Irena, you just pointed an M-16 at a soldier, nearly killed him." "What the fuck are you talking about?" "The ghost left her body!" "Listen Rama, Tehila's ghost possessed Irena, and sent her to avenge all the men who hurt her, and now Tehila's ghost has gone to heaven, that's why Irena can't remember anything!" "I called the infirmary to check if you were there." "Guess what...?" "Okay, so we didn't go there, but that's not the point." "What would you do if you were me?" "What?" "I'm asking you." "What would you do?" "About what?" "About you." "What would you do if you were me?" "I can't even imagine that." "Go to your room, Irena." "Good night." "Your friends are working their asses off." "We give our souls to this office." "And what does it look like?" "A filthy mess." "spotless, organized." "No dust, no unnecessary papers lying around, a brand new office." "But it'll take me all night." "Why don't we all do it tomorrow?" "What part didn't you get?" "The part about you always picking on me." "I do it for your sake." "One day you'll realize that you spent 2 years in the army, doing nothing." "You didn't leave a mark, while other soldiers gave their lives." "So here it is, your opportunity to give something back." "Careful, it's still wet." "Where are all the papers?" "You told me to shred all the unnecessary papers." "The ones in the trash can, not the ones we... need." "We don't need all that paper, it only complicates our lives." "So where are all the..." "office documents?" "In your office." "Rama?" "Story 03" " The Commander " "Officers' Training Base" "One, attack." "Two, stun." "Three, elbow." "Four, knee." "Knee, knee." "Very good." "And switch." "Keep it up. 68... 2... 69," "Wanna be officers?" "2." "C'mon, you gotta do it. 70... 2, I can stay here all day... 71," "I've got plenty of time. 2." "Knees perpendicular. 72..." "You want respect?" "You do your sit-ups." "76..." "Faster, 2." "77..." "You'll never finish the course, Daffi." "87, 2..." "What a soldier, 88." "Disgraceful. 2 Responsibility!" "Now a question:" "what makes the core value of duty unique?" "Yes?" "First among equals." "Very good." "Next." "You've reached Zohar, don't leave a message" "I can't hear them, suck on that." "Bye." "Administration, hello." "Hi, can I speak to Zohar?" "Who is this?" "Daffi?" "Yes." "Can I speak to Zohar?" "Zohar's in jail." "What?" "Why?" "She shredded the entire office." "Why are you whispering?" "Rama said not to talk about it." "Anyway, Zohar got three months in jail." "Three months in jail?" "I planned to work my way up in the army, to go far." "Although we failed the inspection," "I managed to pick things up and it's ten times better." "We can't authorize a second position for you." "Why not?" "We could only authorize one officer's position and it went to Education." "Rama." "Smile." "You're getting free." "Is it because I'm a woman?" "The Education officer is also a woman." "Yes, I..." "Rama, your fantastic work is here to stay." "I see how devoted and skilled you are but your leadership ability, and interpersonal relations, are also crucial to a military career." "Goodbye Rama and Liat (and Irena)" "Thank you, Boaz." "What's next?" "Shira's gone, now you?" "Then her." "I'm left alone here." "Guys, we're saying goodbye to an officer who gave 110 percent." "So let's have a big hand for Rama." "Rama, good luck in the civilian life." "I prepared a few words." "Franz Kafka once said:" ""The chains that bind mankind are made of office paperwork."" "After the loss of the paperwork, I was at a loss, but over the past weeks we've computerized our system, we got rid of the paper, and I'm proud to have the most eco-advanced office in the IDF." "Thanks to Tzachi, our computers officer, who kicked ass!" "Cheers." "Hold on." "I'd like to add a personal note," "Excuse me." "Boaz?" "DBC's waiting in the office, he says it's urgent." "There was an incident in our sector." "Call the operations officers and platoon commanders." "Let's go, guys." "Best of luck, Rama." "Thanks, Boaz." "Good luck." "Thanks." "Have some quiche, my mom made it." "(Book title:" "'Women Who Changed The World)" "Thanks, Tzachi." "And..." "Good luck." "I'll be in my office." "Good luck, Rama." "Daffi, the staff is proud of you." "I speak on behalf of everyone." "At the beginning, you didn't believe in yourself." "You've come a long way." "Look at you now, a real dedicated officer." "Now you're going to final training, and then to your assigned position." "Lots of luck." "There must be some mistake." "I'm supposed to be in Tel Aviv." "I'm stationed in Tel Aviv, it was all worked out." "No." "No." "No mistake." "Daffi. .." "We were so impressed by your motivation." "You realize we're here to serve the system?" "Right?" "I went through 6 months of hell and all that kept me going was knowing" "I'd be in Tel Aviv." "Okay, that's enough." "There's a war on." "Get a grip." "But I'm just an administration officer..." "Our soldiers are getting killed while you're here crying over nothing." "Let's not disgrace ourselves." "We have two ambulances for the drill." "It's gonna be hot out." "Make sure everyone drinks." "Last week we had two people dehydrated, and we don't need any more inquiries." "Did you update the DBC?" "Nice." "Good move." "Zohar?" "Where's the coffee?" "All the top brass are waiting." "Wait a sec..." "I'm going to break a record." "Let's not disgrace ourselves." "There's a war on and you're playing games?" "Hey, I'm sweeping mines here." "It's freaking dangerous." "The audience is on their feet... generations of minesweepers..." "Oh!" "Thank you, God!" "I broke the world record." "You really have some nerve." "That sounds familiar." "They teach you that in officers' training?" "Respect." "Get up and take these trays." "I can't get up." "We made a bet." "Excuse me?" "We bet on who can stay in her seat the longest." "I don't intend to lose to these rookies." "Zohar, I made everything, just serve it, please." "Come on, push me!" "Zohar, stop it." "Zohar, get up right now." "But it's a startup." "Finally they won't be checking out our butts." "Zohar, you're grounded for Shabbat." "You want to play commander because you're stuck here again." "But I'm sorry," "I'm gonna spend my time here having fun." "My time is precious." "Even though I'm trying to make it pass." "So chill out with this "grounded" shit." "Are you testing me?" "Don't judge her." "Poor thing, she's sick." "Bad case of Lieutenantitis." "But it'll pass." "Right, Daffi?" "I see you're having fun together." "So any punishment Zohar gets, you all get." "Is that clear?" "Get into triple file." "But there are four of us." "Now." "Company, stand to attention!" "Two, three..." "Attention!" "Is this the Captain Crybaby Show?" "Give me 100 sit-ups." "Dream on." "As I said, you're all punished, so give me 100 sit-ups." "Now, before I make it 200." "1,2..." "Are you out of your mind?" "I'm your commanding officer." "Get it through your thick skull." "I'm an officer now." ""Please consider my reassignment request" ""since I'm allergic to many elements of the desert region."" ""I'm under observation by several medical experts" ""and therefore I'll be of far more value in Tel Aviv" ""than in Shizafon base." "Please note..."" "You're so mean." "Zohar, look at me." "Commander, you can't order me to look at you." "Especially not while I'm eating." "Doesn't our friendship mean anything to you?" "Friendship?" "!" "You just wanted to fuck off." "Real friendship means sticking together." "Real friendship means caring about someone, no matter where they are." "You only care about yourself." "Stop playing, we're talking." "I can't stop, darling," "I'm about to break another record." "I'm going to delete all the games." "Sure, go ahead." "You don't even know where the Enter key is." "You can hardly turn the computer on." "Here, it's easy." "Don't touch that." "Zohar, you're in my way!" "Let me remind you, both our records in Minesweeper are on this computer." "I don't care about that anymore." "Those records are the only ones you'll ever have..." "Don't move." "Cut the crap." "The next one goes right between your eyes." "Stop it, Zohar." "You're crazy." "Step away from the computer." "No." "Daffi, I'm warning you!" "Daffi!" "Don't touch my computer!" "Daffi!" "Don't touch my computer!" "What happened in your office?" "It's a personal thing." "With the network encoder." "The what?" "The computer server, did anyone mess with it?" "I lost some data." "I'm from Computers." "Open the door." "I need your testimony." "What exactly happened?" "We had... an argument." "I was about to delete the games, but I accidentally..." "It's not her." "I deleted some stuff, just to piss her off." "So it wasn't you?" "No, it was me." "She tried to stop me but it was too late." "Aren't you the one who shredded the Administration office?" "Yes." "But it was totally different." "A-ha..." "Honestly." "That was ideological, but this... this was... human error." "Do you realize how much damage you caused?" "You destroyed 3 months of work with no back-up, because, thanks to you, there are no more folders!" "Tzachi, calm down." "No, I won't calm down..." "You didn't have to do that." "Now you're really in trouble." "No biggie." "What can they do?" "I'll tell them I did it." "Forget it." "You're an officer now, you have a reputation to uphold." "So... how was officers' training?" "A nightmare." "How was jail?" "Not so bad." "Anything beats the kibbutz." "Come with me, please." "Not every musician suits every orchestra." "Some belong in a philharmonic, some belong in a hotel lobby." "The challenge is finding the right match." "This whole corner." "See?" "This whole corner." "What did you get?" "He said I'm not made for a combat base and I'm demoted to a position with less responsibility." "Really?" "Where?" "In Tel Aviv." "I'm transferring to Tel Aviv." "It soon turned out that the only thing Daffi DIDN'T delete were the games." "I decided to stop chasing guys, quit my Minesweeper addiction, and devote myself to FreeCell." "She's been like this all morning." "They left me to rest in the infirmary and time flew by." "Discharged" "No more Postal NCO, everything goes by email." "I sent a letter over a week ago." "I requested a change of office because my window faces east and I'm allergic to sunlight." "Can it be reconsidered?" "It's good." "Add "thanks in advance."" "Written and Directed by Talya Lavie" "Produced by Eilon Ratzkovsky" "Yossi Uzrad, Guy Jacoel Yochanan Kredo" "Dana Ivgy" "Nelly Tagar" "Shani Klein" "Tamara Klingon Yonit Tobi" "Heli Twito Meytal Gal Suisa" "Yuval Sega!" "Elad Scemama" "Director of Photography:" "Yaron Scharf" "Editor:" "Arik Lahav-Leibovich" "Casting:" "Orit AzouIay" "Art Director:" "Ron Zikno" "Original Score:" "Ran Bagno" "Costume Designer:" "Yael Kredo Make Up Artist:" "Maya Grestel" "Sound Recordist:" "Ashi Milo Sound Design:" "Itzik Cohen" "Script Editors:" "Nir Bergman, Dana Modan, Ayana Lee" "Line Producer:" "Ran Moran First Assistant Director:" "Adin Weiner" "Translation to English:" "NATALIE FAINSTEIN"