Mixed Unit - Lions of Jordan (2018): Season 1, Episode 2 - Episode #1.2 - full transcript
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Look at your watches, Platoon 3.
Watches, Platoon Commander.
Four months from today
you'll become fighters.
I'm going to a combat unit,
because I'm not cut out for an office job.
Good morning, you're in the IDF.
I'm hyperactive, I don't...
I don't like laminating or filing stuff.
I need people to know
that underneath this show-off...
is a black cat.
They're letting us sign a wavier.
Nobody's forcing them to be here,
the girls volunteered for combat units.
Hello.
As a child I was problematic,
no question about it.
Will you be able to get along
in the framework?
I hope I have a decent commander.
And if you don't?
I never got along in any framework.
I didn't fit in
in any school.
Everyone, walk quietly in two columns.
Mom, I look like a sack.
I'll probably be the most spoiled
and the most feminine one there.
No, Mom,
the pants are too big, not me.
I'm giving you 15 minutes to get ready.
I get up an hour early
to put on my makeup.
I'll be your commander,
Commander Nehorai.
Everything here will work
according to precise times,
anyone who's not on time
will suffer the consequences.
Suddenly somebody
with some stripes on his arm
is telling me to do this,
that and the other.
Everyone stand up, on the double!
Nobody's ever told me what to do.
To receive the commanders,
stand at attention. Attention!
I don't have the patience
for this nonsense.
You didn't have any problems enlisting?
I fought for three years to enlist.
I kicked up a storm.
Why was it so important
to you to enlist?
People protected my house,
isn't it time to give back to them?
Yeah.
There you go.
Platoon!
Platoon!
We're going out to conquer!
We're going out to conquer!
On my order.
Attack!
Attack!
Good, good, good!
Come on, Moshe.
-Good.
I love exercises.
When you get into that action...
That's it, you're in it.
Suddenly you have
all the strength in the world
and nothing hurts.
Move back, move back.
Good. Come on.
Everyone stays on their own path.
Take cover!
Take cover!
Come on, Moshe.
Take him down, Moshe.
Good, Moshe!
-Nice.
There's finally something I'm good at.
Being a fighter.
To the right!
Good!
Before the army,
I didn't get along anywhere.
Me and frameworks...
don't go together.
See the left-most target on the hill?
Left of it. Got it?
Good, Moshe!
Being anywhere for over a week
is an achievement,
and even more so in a place like this.
Safety's on, down!
This is my chance
to turn over a new leaf.
They really worked us.
I got three hours of sleep,
I'm dead.
November '17 are tired.
November '17 are dead tired.
This is a drill, 3A! Wake up!
Come on, get up!
Come on, 3A, wake up!
Moshe, come on, wake up!
I want you outside
in work uniforms.
Moshe, come on, wake up.
Moshe, this is a real drill.
Almog, this is a drill, wake up.
Almog.
Let's go, Almog!
Waking us up
in the middle of the night,
what's the deal with that?
Don't you have anything better to do?
Son of a bitch.
Come on, bro, get up.
It's a drill for everyone.
What's the deal? What for?
To keep you from sleeping.
-Come on, Almog.
They wake me up, I'm totally broken.
I was really pissed off.
You work all day
to be the best,
then they come and yell at you.
What for?
Get the hell outside.
Where's Moshe?
Come on, Moshiko.
Moshe, why don't you have your boots on?
I didn't have enough time.
Go get your boots, Moshe.
It's freezing, man.
-Make it snappy.
Moshe, hurry up.
Faster, Moshe.
Everyone get into push-up position.
I...
-I...
Am proud...
-Am proud...
To be...
-To be...
Part...
-Part...
Of 3...
-Of 3...
A...
-A...
You woke me up
to do push-ups?
Seriously?
Legs in the air, everyone.
You too, Moshe.
My legs are burning.
Dear God. -What?
-In the air.
You need to know... shut up!
This is how your basic training
and your service is going to be.
Quiet.
Everybody up.
Get back in formation.
We're gonna be the best squad
in the company,
the best squad on this base.
Is that clear?
-Yes, Commander Nehorai. -Is that clear?
Yes, Commander Nehorai.
Go to sleep.
Nobody yells at me.
You want me to do something?
Ask me nicely.
It's not like I'm working for him
and he pays me.
Come on, go to sleep.
I get four hours of sleep
and then you come and yell at me.
-Shut your mouths.
Shut your mouths and go to sleep.
Commander Nehorai doesn't treat us
with respect, so...
I'm not gonna respect him.
Good night.
Good night, Commander Nehorai.
Earplugs in, everyone!
-Earplugs in, everyone!
Silence on the firing line, Platoon 3.
I'm taking the top one,
you take the bottom.
No, I'm taking the top one,
you take the bottom.
No. -I'll shoot the top one,
and whatever happens, happens?
The bottom one.
God, you scare me.
Weapon at 60 degrees!
Weapon at 60 degrees!
Insert magazine!
-Insert magazine!
Weapon, ready!
-Weapon, ready!
Weapon...
-Weapon...
Load!
-Load!
My arm's really twisted.
Get into position.
A bit more there.
We'll shorten it to make it more comfortable.
Lower it.
-It's too twisted.
I have short arms,
When I hold the weapon...
I can't hold it by the fore grip,
I'm holding the magazine.
My elbow's sticking out.
It bummed me out, I thought,
"what, just because I'm short?"
Contact!
Terrorist!
Cease fire!
-Cease fire!
Everyone has permission
to cross the firing line.
I didn't hit a thing.
-Wow.
Look, this is a shooting error,
because it's far from all the others.
-What? -We'll mark it.
The one that's inside is the error?
Your cluster is 13, but...
It's long...
-Wait, what target were you aiming at?
We said the bottom one, right?
You aimed for the top one? -Yes.
And you're sure you were aiming
here at the center? -Yes.
Are you sure?
If this is the target,
the bullets hit below all the targets.
How?
I know I aimed at the top target,
and that really sucked.
Show me.
The bottom one.
Excellent.
This is a great cluster.
What you just did, do it again.
It's insane.
I'm good at shooting,
I got the best score
in the whole company.
It's great, what can I say?
It motivates you to keep going.
It's really important for me
to do well at target practice.
There are a few people
who are better, and you can tell.
Moshe could be an outstanding soldier.
Great, you passed.
Go get some food and rejoin the squad.
Finish eating,
Commander Nehorai's coming.
Son of a bitch,
I don't have the energy to get up.
Hold your weapons in your hands.
Not like that.
Where's Moshe?
Moshe, hurry up.
This is the last time you're late,
where were you?
-I was eating.
Why should I care?
You really, really
don't eat in formation,
you really don't.
You had 15 minutes,
what were you doing?
I was eating.
I don't care, toss it, put it aside.
You want me to put it in my pocket?
-I don't care.
Put the sandwich aside, now!
No arguing!
A soldier can't do
whatever he pleases
or thinks or wants.
The purpose of the army
is to win the next war,
so if you have to do it
through orders,
hierarchy and discipline,
then that's what you do.
I find Moshe's behavior funny.
I can't figure it out.
You're already there
and all it would take to be a good soldier
is just one more inch.
I don't understand him.
You guys are taking things lightly,
and I don't like it.
You're gonna pay.
Look at your watches.
-Watches, Commander Nehorai.
30 seconds, move.
-Run.
Moshe. -What?
Move it. Well?
How far is it from Be'er Sheva
to your house?
To my house?
30 or 40 minutes.
What's it like growing up in Kiryat Arba?
Did you ever throw stones at soldiers?
God forbid. -So?
Who throws stones at soldiers?
I got into a fight with a soldier one time,
and I regretted it.
That was the last time I hit a soldier.
You can't...
You can't fight with the people
protecting you.
That's why I don't get it.
What do your parents think about that?
What can they say?
Are you their most problematic kid?
What?
-Are you their most problematic kid?
Why problematic?
I'm the...
cutest in the family.
The most interesting.
You wish.
I'm the most interesting person
in the family.
The most challenging.
-Yeah.
The most challenging.
-I'm a challenging person.
Not a problematic child.
When I was little,
I stole a car a few times.
I stole a car, and I would drive.
Would you return it?
Most times,
I'd try to return it.
Did they know it was you?
They caught me in the end,
what do you think?
Did you go to jail?
I spent a long time under house arrest.
How long?
-Nearly a year.
What?
A year? -Yeah.
Wow, I'm in shock, Moshe, really?
Yeah.
So you didn't do anything
with your life for a year,
you didn't study, work or anything?
-Yeah.
You probably saw every TV series.
There was no TV.
A year at home without TV?
Was there...
A phone?
No computer, either.
-A year. -A year.
That was a tough time.
I've never succeeded at anything.
I transferred to five different schools.
Never fit in in any framework.
I used to do some stupid stuff,
criminal.
But that's over, I came to the army
to turn over a new leaf.
I finally have a chance
to forget everything and start over.
So it's like the army's
your second chance after school,
for a new beginning.
-The army's my first chance.
So why don't you make
a little more effort?
That's a whole different question
altogether.
But is it something you ever ask yourself?
-No.
You don't ask yourself anything,
you're fine with whatever you're doing
and you don't think about it later..
-I'm naïve.
Help me up, Moshe.
I'm wearing a vest and a coat.
What vest and coat?
Aren't you a fighter? -Shut up.
Look at your watches.
Watches, Platoon Sergeant.
You have time to eat and then fall in
in formation outside. Bon appetit.
Bon appetit, Platoon Sergeant.
Anyone want some schnitzel?
Isn't there rice without beans?
I don't believe it.
Are you allergic or something?
No,
I just don't understand
why they put them in everything.
Because it's dry, and it needs flavor.
Great, but I like it dry
and without all the stuff they add.
It's really hard
adapting to army food.
I don't feel like eating, I swear.
They can't expect a girl
living the good life
to start living like a poor person.
Anybody want some rice?
No, you eat it.
-No, Karina, you're eating that.
I'm not eating.
The schnitzel's actually okay.
It'll just get thrown away.
Just take a bite.
-No, look at it,
who would eat that?
What's wrong with it?
-We're eating it, Karina.
Like, what did you expect?
You eat that tiny schnitzel.
You want my big schnitzel?
Karina, it's just food,
don't make such a big deal about it.
Get over yourself,
you came to be a soldier.
Take a few bites
because you're gonna be here all day
and there's no food till the evening.
-I'm not hungry, I'm not eating.
Who wants some ketchup?
Keep it for later.
I'm not problematic,
but right now I feel
like I'm in this reality
that I still don't understand,
it still hasn't clicked
that I'm in the army.
Weapon, 60 degrees!
-Weapon, 60 degrees!
Five fingers on the grip!
-Five fingers on the grip!
Insert magazine!
-Insert magazine!
Weapon, ready!
-Weapon, ready!
Karina.
Weapon, ready!
-Weapon, ready!
Weapon, ready!
-Weapon, ready!
Terrorist!
Cease fire!
-Cease fire!
Do you think you were good now?
I was perfect, what can I say?
Kneeling position!
I'm used to going out at these hours,
not being at a firing range.
I don't want to hear the noise anymore,
I don't want the smell, none of it.
Let me be.
Why the face?
I've had it.
-What do you mean?
I want to go home.
I want to have some sushi,
I want my parents,
I want my siblings.
I want my friends.
I want to get out,
something I haven't done in a long time,
I want to feel pretty,
put on makeup,
draw on eyebrows, put on eye-shadow,
Draw on eyebrows?
-Yeah.
Then I put on a killer outfit
that if I wear it, people remember me.
Is there anywhere to go out
in Carmiel?
I don't go out in Carmiel,
I go out in Haifa,
to an awesome club.
Which one?
-Maio?
Maio? -Yeah.
You're welcome to come.
Do you go out?
-Of course.
Is there anywhere to go out
in Beer Sheva?
Absolutely.
Weekends go like this:
Thursdays at Baraka, Fridays at Forum,
Saturdays at Smilansky.
-No, it starts like this:
Thursdays I go shopping
to choose what to wear
to all these events.
Then I go out and I feel sexy,
I walk to the bus
and everyone whistles at me.
I swear, I'm the most gorgeous girl here.
I'm gonna smack you. Chill.
You have three seconds to take it back
and stop laughing,
and say, "Yeah, you're right."
Just because I'm wearing a baggy uniform
doesn't make me not pretty.
Why do you love yourself so much?
Why not?
Don't you love yourself?
I do, but you're lying to yourself,
I don't lie to myself.
It's not good to lie to yourself.
-I'm not lying!
A girl who's really pretty...
Like me.
-Doesn't need makeup to be pretty.
No. Natural isn't pretty.
-Natural is pretty.
No it's not.
-It's the prettiest.
Yuck.
-Of course. -It's awful.
I'm pretty... in civilian clothes.
-Okay.
Okay, I'm tired. You've worn me out.
I felt awful.
I look like shit in this uniform,
how can I agree to this?
I can't, I'm going crazy.
It's hard being around the guys
without any makeup on.
They can see too much.
When I'm an officer,
I'm gonna change the rules
banning makeup in the army,
no matter if you're a fighter or not.
Makeup will be allowed in the army.
The second I joined the army,
they started taking away my joy of life,
my sleep, my friends,
seeing my family,
good food, my identity.
I'm not gonna give up who I am
for basic training.
All the commanders are gay,
I'm telling you,
all the commanders are gay.
"Soldier, right leg 90 degrees,
"open." -For real?
For real.
"Left, left, left, right, left."
My name is Tomer Todria,
I'm 19 from Ashdod.
They're like, "Approach the white line,"
they're gay, bro.
I just happen
to be attracted to guys.
Hello.
-Hi.
I'm so happy you called.
How are you?
I'm alive.
Your face isn't sunburned?
No, Mom.
It's freezing here.
Try not to catch cold.
How are the people?
Okay.
I'm learning to tolerate them.
A worthy combination. Just kidding.
Are there any crazy ones?
Yes, of course.
I'm enlisting in two days
and I'm scared.
I cried in my sleep
a few times this week.
I remember falling asleep
and I had tears.
There was a kid in high school
who made my life miserable,
especially in 12th grade.
I'd be walking down the hall,
listening to music on my headphones,
and I remember him
walking behind me with his friends
and cursing me.
There's that break between the songs
when you can hear
what's going on around you
and suddenly you hear,
"Look at that faggot."
I still regret not having turned around
and telling him...
"Chill, man,
"you're a nobody."
I hope there isn't anyone like that
in the army.
Did you pack everything?
I'm getting there.
Did you pack a good mood?
A good mood?
That got lost along the way.
Can I have the commander's
phone number?
Why, so you can bug him?
-Just a little.
Are you worried?
Yes.
-Then stay.
Stay where?
-Here, on my lap.
I wish.
I can't.
I came out in 12th grade.
I secretly packed a bag
before I told my mom,
in case she wouldn't accept me.
It was really scary.
I don't know what to do
with the people in basic training.
Should I tell them?
Give me some tips, Oren.
Look... -But not tips from a nerd
who finished with honors,
survival tips.
My boyfriend Oren's been
in the army for a year.
If you start thinking,
do I hide it?
When do tell people?
When's the right time?
That sucks.
Just be natural about it,
you know what I mean?
It's a privilege...
to get some of this...
If they don't like it,
they can go
to hell.
How did you tell people?
Just let it flow,
like, if somebody asks you
if you have a girlfriend,
what you did on the weekend...
"I f****d a guy."
You'll be fine.
Amen.
Why does he think I'm doing
master sergeant duty? Forget it.
He can go suck a dick.
God, this is a company of faggots.
You hear that, and you think,
"How can I tell them?
"How can I come out
to these people?"
Move, you faggot.
People may not accept me.
I'll be in uncomfortable situations,
like in the showers.
I have to be naked
in front of people I don't know.
I'm embarrassed
for people to see me.
All I can think of
is to try and disconnect the fear,
to tell myself,
forget it, Tomer, let it all go
and take a shower.
Listen up.
Today we're going
to train on the obstacle course.
I'll explain the obstacles,
make sure you listen to everything.
Everyone go to the bars over there.
We're training the obstacle course.
We need to pass 10 obstacles.
Bars, stepping stumps,
crawling, stuff like that.
Every soldier has to do it.
It's one of the criteria
for completing the training.
The Platoon Commander
will demonstrate.
First thing she does is jump high,
elbows locked,
and she starts stepping forward with
her right leg and left hand moving together.
Using the opposite leg and arm.
Like this.
Can we start every morning
with her demonstrating
exercises like this?
It's getting bad, Yana.
This is nothing, sister.
We all want to be fighters
like the platoon commander,
she's such a Wonder Woman.
All right, do it.
It's important for me to complete the obstacle
course, because it's part of our training.
Did you do it, Yana? -Yeah.
My motivation's very high,
so if I have to complete
the course to be a fighter,
then I will.
I'm slipping.
Oh my god!
I have short arms,
I'm not doing this.
I'm short, I'm small.
Not...
width-wise, but height-wise.
Again, Karina.
Good, good!
That was good!
But why am I slipping?
Rub your hands in the dirt.
Come on, monkey, climb up.
Climb up.
It's frustrating to see everyone do it
18 times without even panting.
Okay, guys, over here.
Come on.
Listen up.
The next obstacle we're going to do
is the hurdle.
You run up, place your hand, your foot,
and pass over it.
Let's go.
I'm after you, Yana.
Great. -Nice!
Don't do that again, okay?
I set a goal for myself to be a fighter,
but I came and found out
it's not what I thought it was.
Oh my god!
The physical part is a nightmare.
I'm gonna make it.
Oh my god!
I try again and again.
I really can't do it.
It's so frustrating.
It's a slap in the face.
You suck.
Maybe I really don't belong here.
What a c***ksucker...
These hurtful comments
take me back to a time
I don't want to go back to.
Now you're with the people
you're gonna be with...
-For three years.
Three years.
That was my first
one-on-one conversation with Noam.
Is there something you're afraid of?
On the grass,
by the smoking area, copy?
Affirmative, copy.
Helmets on.
Run, run, run.
Emergency!
We're the emergency squad.
Whatever happens on the base,
you run there.
If someone faints or there's a fire,
anything.
Let's go.
We need to take her
to the clinic parking lot.
Good.
Two minutes to the clinic.
Let's go.
Can we put her down?
-Okay.
Lower her.
Careful, careful.
-Slowly.
Good.
When you're in the emergency squad
you have your vest on at all times.
You have your gear on.
You're so damn tired.
After a week with no sleep.
Commander Nehorai,
can I take a bathroom break?
Be quick.
Eliav went to take a piss,
and we have to wait for him.
Is he crazy?
I'm gonna kill him,
he's going to the bathroom now?
It took him an hour to come back.
The sun was in my face.
They drove me nuts.
Stand up, Moshe.
We're leaving in one minute.
I'll get up when he comes back.
Come on, I'm barely standing.
-Okay, he'll come.
Stand up, Moshe.
Put your weapon on properly.
Put your weapon on properly, Moshe.
A weapon isn't a stick.
It's a stick.
-No it's not.
You see you can do it?
Come on, Moshe.
-I'm sick of waiting.
Come here, Moshe.
-We're waiting for nothing.
Your buddy's in the bathroom.
-There he is.
Eliav, you motherf***er,
come quick.
Shut up, don't curse Moshe.
I'm sick of this.
I don't care.
Don't curse your buddy.
-I'll curse whoever I want.
No you won't.
-Yes I will.
No you won't, shut up.
I'll curse whoever I want.
-I don't wanna hear you.
Then shut your ears.
-Be quiet.
Be quiet, Moshe.
Hurry up, Eliav!
What?
-What, you motherf***er?
Why "motherf***er"?
-Moshe, you're going to far.
Yeah, right.
-You're going too far.
I don't give a shit.
I've had it.
I wanted to hit someone with a chair
and run away.
You cursed your buddy's mother,
and him, and your buddies.
We'll deal with that on our own...
-Shut up, I'm talking.
Shut up, I'm talking.
-Fine.
You will not curse your buddies
in my squad.
Or their mothers
or their brothers
or their uncles.
And I don't care
what kind of week you had
or what kind of night you had.
You're not gonna curse anyone.
Now go apologize.
I'll apologize when I feel like it.
Go apologize now.
-No way.
Then it'll cost you more.
-No problem.
I'm telling you. -No problem.
-You're gonna pay for this.
I blow up a lot at people.
For nothing.
When I need to calm down,
I go off to the side.
To chill.
Then at some point, it passes.
I'm sorry.
It's all good.
I took a shower, guys,
you can smell my armpits.
You're disgusting.
-I've been waiting to smell your armpits.
What's up?
My friend's such a faggot.
Those hurtful words,
"faggot," "fairy"...
even if he didn't say it about me.
After several times
you lose your patience
and it starts to offend you.
And he tells me, "If you get up,
he'll f*ck in the ass."
It takes me back to a time
I don't want to go back to.
It reminds me of that terrible guy
in high school.
Good night.
Get into the picture.
One, two, three...
One more, one more.
What about you, Tomer buddy?
How's life? How do you feel?
I don't know, now we're with
the people we'll be with...
For three years.
-For three years.
It's unreal, bro.
And they're kind of crazy.
That was my first one-on-one conversation
with Noam.
He's not like the other guys,
he's more mature,
he's more savvy.
Is there something you're worried about?
I feel like I have to tell people
what I am, who I am.
Well?
But I can't.
To be honest, no.
So far the squad's really great.
-Yeah.
There's something about coming out
that's like bungee jumping or something.
Quiet, girls,
so you can hear the command.
We're starting in 20 seconds.
We're starting our first
PFT (physical fitness test).
It's very stressful.
The PFT is a big part
of the combat training process.
It's a three and a half km run
that you have to do in a certain time.
If you don't do it,
you won't be a fighter.
People get kicked out because of it.
It's stressful.
Good luck, girls, go!
It's doable, it's not hard, it's just tiring.
It doesn't seem
that hard to me.
Move it! Very good!
Let's go, sprint!
Come on, Tomer.
I never thought I'd say this,
but I'm enjoying the sports
and developing my body and muscles,
I like being a fighter.
Why run three km
first thing in the morning?
Let us eat breakfast,
let the day go by,
then run three km, that's okay.
This is not okay.
Run!
I'm not active at these hours.
My brain's still asleep.
All the way.
I did a terrible job,
which is a bit worrisome.
It's embarrassing!
The run was hard for most of the girls
and some even had an attack
or shortness of breath.
I wanna go home,
I can't take it.
What happened, Karina?
I need four pills
to kill the pain.
There's no way you're taking four pills
for a headache.
At home I even take eight if I need to.
Next time will be easier, Karina.
No, I want to sleep
before I run three km.
My brain is fried.
My head doesn't hurt, my brain is fried.
It's the straw
that broke the camel's back.
I really want to leave,
I want to get the hell out of here.
Why are you crying?
I can't take it anymore.
It only gets harder, not easier.
What did you think when you joined?
I didn't think it would be like this.
It's not easy to be a combat soldier.
that's all there is to it.
You came to be a fighter,
you made a commitment.
I can't, my brain's fried.
It hurts, it's exploding.
I don't have any mental strength left.
Find it. It's there inside of you.
What are you talking about?
I promise you.
You don't know how much strength you have.
I want to go home.
That's the only strength I have.
Look at me.
It was important enough for you to say,
"I want to come here,
"I want to be the best."
Don't take it down a level now.
You need to do some thinking,
because this is the situation
and it's not gonna change.
This is the situation.
-I feel like going back to the room
and sleeping for eight hours.
-Okay.
Then sign a waiver
and don't be a fighter
and go back to the room
and sleep a lot
as, I don't know, an NCO.
Think about if that's what you really want.
It's so cold, bro, it's unbelievable.
Okay, Platoon 3,
Have your warm gear,
all your gear on you.
Where's the other gear?
Platoon 3,
every squad takes a cover position.
Let's go.
3A, cover, cover, cover.
Cover on the other side, C.
My fingers are frozen, bro.
I can't move them.
You sound like you got your period.
I wanna die.
We started practicing providing cover.
Lying and providing cover
in the cold is tough.
I'm cold.
You lie down and don't move.
We're in the desert.
It's like going into the snow naked.
I have to go home.
-I just saw a falling star.
I saw my life falling.
-Look, a falling star.
Oh yeah, you're right.
-Or is that a plane?
Is that a plane, bro?
-It's a plane, you idiot.
I swear I'm frozen, bro.
I have a neck warmer in my bag.
How can I take it out now?
I'll never be able to reach it.
This is so sad.
Give me your hat.
-Here.
I'm freezing, man.
Oh my god.
Move around or you'll get hypothermia.
What?
Get up.
You'll get hypothermia, get up.
Get up.
-Ow, son of a bitch.
You'll get hypothermia.
That hurt,
your rifle hit my mouth.
I don't give a shit, get up.
I'm cold, I can't breathe.
Look, someone has hypothermia.
Hypothermia is like heat stroke,
but in the cold.
Commander Ada.
When the body temperature
drops to like 32 degrees,
you're in mortal danger.
Quick, quick,
something's wrong with Moshe.
I'm all frozen.
Are you okay? -Just a minute, man.
I'm all frozen.
-You'll be okay, bro.
Moshe got hypothermia.
He can't move.
Moshe, where are you?
Here.
-Where are we?
Here means here.
-Where is here?
It's here.
-No, but where are we?
Here is by the bathroom.
Right. And who am I?
Platoon Commander.
It's all good.
Go to the jeep. The jeep's over there.
-Okay.
No, let go of me.
I got up so fast.
That was my moment to prove...
I'm not a problematic soldier.
I'm here when I need to be.
So even though it's hard and I'm really cold,
I have to finish this.
Platoon 3,
do you know where your food is?
No, Platoon Commander.
To find the food,
you need to be sharp
with the pattern
and the directions.
Moshe. -Yes, Platoon Commander.
-You lead us
towards the food.
Silently, Squad A,
follow Moshe.
Everyone copy Moshe's movements.
That's the sign.
Good work, Platoon 3.
You carried out your mission,
good job, Moshe.
This is about disrespecting the staff.
Your punishment
is confinement to base.
I do great all week, then I fell.
Son of a bitch.
God, it's so depressing.
It's real f***ing depressing.
Yeah, let's have ourselves
a little rebellion.
Go ahead, Moshe.
Do whatever you want.
One, two, three, four...
So far we have five people.
-Six.
Six!
Come sit down.
How are you?
-Thank God, fine.
Do you know why you're here?
You don't remember?
The Platoon Commander
will remind you.
This is about mouthing off
and disrespecting the staff.
Respect is the most important thing.
You're not a bad soldier,
you're a good soldier.
You're also greatly improving.
I see it, the commanders see it,
good job.
But that's not enough.
Your punishment is Shabbat.
You'll stay on base this coming Shabbat.
Is there anything you'd like
to say or ask? -No.
I had a ton of things to say.
But I said,
I have nothing to say right now.
Do you understand?
-Yeah.
Your mistakes?
Moshe, it's important
that you make the best of this Shabbat
and that it doesn't bring you down,
but the opposite,
start a new path,
be the best that you can be.
I thought, God, I don't know
what they want from me.
I'm riding the wave,
I did well all week
and then that took me down.
Son of a bitch.
I'm going AWOL.
Can you see how hard I'm trying?
You expect someone to give it his all,
then you stab him in the back
and tell him to keep going.
I can't.
You keep trying
and you keep getting stabbed
over and over again.
It's like spitting up blood.
Moshe.
What's going on?
How are you doing?
Great.
What happened?
-I was court-martialed. I go in, salute.
The truth is, I did it. I confess.
But they didn't have
to confine me to base.
Commander Nehorai
wants to screw me up.
You know there's no smoking here.
You hear me?
-So? -You can't smoke here.
I'm gonna screw his aunt now.
What's he got to do with it?
You think it's up to him?
He made sure I'd get screwed
as much as possible.
What were you thinking?
What do you mean,
what was I thinking?
What were you thinking?
What's up?
He's not my commander anymore.
Okay, two things.
In the end you'll be the best soldier
and it'll all be thanks to him.
No, that's not gonna happen.
I have nothing to do with him.
F**k them, confinement to base.
What a bummer.
I'll bring you
lots of things from home, sweetie.
Naama's a good friend, a great person.
I haven't met anyone like her here.
Put your belt on.
She knows how to pick me up.
Come sit next to me.
Well?
-Wait, I need to get some tahini.
He doesn't want to sit next to you.
-Yes he does.
Platoon 3, quiet down!
You have 35 minutes to eat.
No cigarettes again?
You didn't get any tahini.
-I'll get some now.
Leave me a few pitas, you scumbags.
He probably went to smoke.
Look, I'm having pasta...
on a pita. Look.
Why are you skipping?
Wow, Moshe, you stink.
From the cigarette?
-Say from what.
Shut up,
just shut up.
I don't care, not now.
Moshe, why did you smoke before eating?
What are you, a junkie?
That's not nice, Moshe.
F*** off.
Drop dead.
Platoon 3, shut up.
Are you guys crazy?
Shut up.
What's the big deal?
Platoon 3!
Look at your watches!
-Watches, Commander Nehorai.
Get into formation.
30 seconds, move.
Go on, get out.
What a retard.
How old are you? 18, 19?
You enlisted four months before me,
now you're telling me what to do?
Who do you think you are?
Take it back
so you're in one row.
To receive the commanders,
stand at attention. Attention!
Look at this formation.
Get into formation, Moshe.
Hold your weapon in both hands.
You know what?
Take the strap off
and give it to me.
Calm down.
I am calm.
-Calm down.
I am calm.
-Don't answer me.
Come here and give it to me.
Here you go. -Thank you.
Hold it with both hands.
Look at your watches!
-Watches, Commander Ada.
Run all the way around,
come back and stand in formation. Got it?
Yes, Commander Ada.
-One minute.
What's going on, Moshe?
Come back here!
What is it now?
-Nothing.
Why aren't you running?
-I'm too tired.
Then do it walking. Go.
Everyone get into push-up position
until he finishes.
Come on!
Everything pisses him off.
He gives me a hard time
about everything.
Moshe, this isn't summer camp.
Down, push-up position.
Get up.
Don't move, Almog.
I have to move my leg.
-No you don't.
Yes I do.
-Then raise your leg in the air.
Anyone who doesn't have
their canteen,
go get it, drink
and get back into formation.
Look at your watches.
-Watches, Commander.
Five.
I don't give a f***.
Got a cigarette?
Stop it.
-I've got nothing to lose.
Stop it.
-I've had it.
No matter what I do,
I get yelled at.
Stop it, Moshe.
Put the cigarette away
and stop it.
I've got nothing to lose.
-Come on, get into formation.
-How much time do we have?
-None, come on.
What do you mean, none?
-There's no time.
How much time do we have?
-Come with me.
Just stand here.
Sometimes I think
they've really got it out for him
and I totally understand him,
and sometimes I think,
Moshe, stop being an idiot.
You have a free time
for an hour now.
I want you to think about
what you did today.
Look at your watches.
-Watches, Commander Nehorai.
60 minutes, good luck.
What's up?
God, it's so depressing.
It's real f***ing depressing.
I feel like dying, Moshe.
If I don't get into a fight with him,
I'll give you whatever you want.
It's basic training, bro.
I don't give a f***,
there's four months of this,
are you an idiot?
It's gonna get worse.
Almog and Moshe are confused,
they still don't understand
where they are.
I'm not sticking to the schedule.
Me neither, I don't give a f***.
Yeah, let's have ourselves
a little rebellion.
F*** the schedule.
Yeah, f*** the schedule.
We'll take a shower at 1 am, bro.
We won't follow the schedule,
we'll get up when we want
and do what we want.
If we do that...
-Yeah?
Not only will we get screwed...
-Yeah?
It'll be on our record
our entire service.
Let's think logically, bro.
-There is no logic here.
This is the army.
-No logic in the army, bro,
right?
Of course there's no logic.
Then how do you expect us
to be logical?
What are you, an asshole?
You're greenhorns.
Fine!
-Don't you get it?
I'm gonna turn this company
upside down.
You guys are going too far.
-No we're not.
Then don't join us.
It's not about joining you,
don't you get it?
That's the way we are.
Are you with us?
But you're wrong.
-Then we're wrong,
we wanna understand
our mistake by...
getting screwed up the ass.
You like that?
-You know what?
Everyone go get
four people.
How many in our squad?
I started going crazy.
I don't care about this basic training.
We rounded everyone up
and told them, "We're rebelling."
Come here.
You too.
Stupid idiots.
They just enlisted,
they think they're men
because they're cool 18-year-olds,
then they joined the army
and they still think they're cool,
but they're not, they're nothing.
That's it, Dad, we're not doing anything.
Is your squad striking?
-Yes.
Are you crazy? You have rules, you
have a platoon commander.
Everybody's gonna be strong.
Don't take it to the edge, Moshe.
You need to know
when to hit the brakes.
It's all good.
The guys are living in la-la land.
It's like they're not here with us.
They don't care about us.
-Oh yeah?
They do f**king care about us.
-No they don't.
What if we all sit here
in the smoking area all night?
Even nine of us
sitting together is enough.
What the hell are they thinking?
You, Moshe...
-What?
Do whatever you want, bro.
If they do this...
not only will it not work,
but the army will destroy them.
One, two, three,
four, five, six.
So far we have five people.
-Six.
Six.
Why are you bringing down morale?
I'm just being logical, bro.
He doesn't want to do it, bro.
Seven, eight, nine.
Half the company's here.
I really don't know
what's gonna happen.
---
Look at your watches, Platoon 3.
Watches, Platoon Commander.
Four months from today
you'll become fighters.
I'm going to a combat unit,
because I'm not cut out for an office job.
Good morning, you're in the IDF.
I'm hyperactive, I don't...
I don't like laminating or filing stuff.
I need people to know
that underneath this show-off...
is a black cat.
They're letting us sign a wavier.
Nobody's forcing them to be here,
the girls volunteered for combat units.
Hello.
As a child I was problematic,
no question about it.
Will you be able to get along
in the framework?
I hope I have a decent commander.
And if you don't?
I never got along in any framework.
I didn't fit in
in any school.
Everyone, walk quietly in two columns.
Mom, I look like a sack.
I'll probably be the most spoiled
and the most feminine one there.
No, Mom,
the pants are too big, not me.
I'm giving you 15 minutes to get ready.
I get up an hour early
to put on my makeup.
I'll be your commander,
Commander Nehorai.
Everything here will work
according to precise times,
anyone who's not on time
will suffer the consequences.
Suddenly somebody
with some stripes on his arm
is telling me to do this,
that and the other.
Everyone stand up, on the double!
Nobody's ever told me what to do.
To receive the commanders,
stand at attention. Attention!
I don't have the patience
for this nonsense.
You didn't have any problems enlisting?
I fought for three years to enlist.
I kicked up a storm.
Why was it so important
to you to enlist?
People protected my house,
isn't it time to give back to them?
Yeah.
There you go.
Platoon!
Platoon!
We're going out to conquer!
We're going out to conquer!
On my order.
Attack!
Attack!
Good, good, good!
Come on, Moshe.
-Good.
I love exercises.
When you get into that action...
That's it, you're in it.
Suddenly you have
all the strength in the world
and nothing hurts.
Move back, move back.
Good. Come on.
Everyone stays on their own path.
Take cover!
Take cover!
Come on, Moshe.
Take him down, Moshe.
Good, Moshe!
-Nice.
There's finally something I'm good at.
Being a fighter.
To the right!
Good!
Before the army,
I didn't get along anywhere.
Me and frameworks...
don't go together.
See the left-most target on the hill?
Left of it. Got it?
Good, Moshe!
Being anywhere for over a week
is an achievement,
and even more so in a place like this.
Safety's on, down!
This is my chance
to turn over a new leaf.
They really worked us.
I got three hours of sleep,
I'm dead.
November '17 are tired.
November '17 are dead tired.
This is a drill, 3A! Wake up!
Come on, get up!
Come on, 3A, wake up!
Moshe, come on, wake up!
I want you outside
in work uniforms.
Moshe, come on, wake up.
Moshe, this is a real drill.
Almog, this is a drill, wake up.
Almog.
Let's go, Almog!
Waking us up
in the middle of the night,
what's the deal with that?
Don't you have anything better to do?
Son of a bitch.
Come on, bro, get up.
It's a drill for everyone.
What's the deal? What for?
To keep you from sleeping.
-Come on, Almog.
They wake me up, I'm totally broken.
I was really pissed off.
You work all day
to be the best,
then they come and yell at you.
What for?
Get the hell outside.
Where's Moshe?
Come on, Moshiko.
Moshe, why don't you have your boots on?
I didn't have enough time.
Go get your boots, Moshe.
It's freezing, man.
-Make it snappy.
Moshe, hurry up.
Faster, Moshe.
Everyone get into push-up position.
I...
-I...
Am proud...
-Am proud...
To be...
-To be...
Part...
-Part...
Of 3...
-Of 3...
A...
-A...
You woke me up
to do push-ups?
Seriously?
Legs in the air, everyone.
You too, Moshe.
My legs are burning.
Dear God. -What?
-In the air.
You need to know... shut up!
This is how your basic training
and your service is going to be.
Quiet.
Everybody up.
Get back in formation.
We're gonna be the best squad
in the company,
the best squad on this base.
Is that clear?
-Yes, Commander Nehorai. -Is that clear?
Yes, Commander Nehorai.
Go to sleep.
Nobody yells at me.
You want me to do something?
Ask me nicely.
It's not like I'm working for him
and he pays me.
Come on, go to sleep.
I get four hours of sleep
and then you come and yell at me.
-Shut your mouths.
Shut your mouths and go to sleep.
Commander Nehorai doesn't treat us
with respect, so...
I'm not gonna respect him.
Good night.
Good night, Commander Nehorai.
Earplugs in, everyone!
-Earplugs in, everyone!
Silence on the firing line, Platoon 3.
I'm taking the top one,
you take the bottom.
No, I'm taking the top one,
you take the bottom.
No. -I'll shoot the top one,
and whatever happens, happens?
The bottom one.
God, you scare me.
Weapon at 60 degrees!
Weapon at 60 degrees!
Insert magazine!
-Insert magazine!
Weapon, ready!
-Weapon, ready!
Weapon...
-Weapon...
Load!
-Load!
My arm's really twisted.
Get into position.
A bit more there.
We'll shorten it to make it more comfortable.
Lower it.
-It's too twisted.
I have short arms,
When I hold the weapon...
I can't hold it by the fore grip,
I'm holding the magazine.
My elbow's sticking out.
It bummed me out, I thought,
"what, just because I'm short?"
Contact!
Terrorist!
Cease fire!
-Cease fire!
Everyone has permission
to cross the firing line.
I didn't hit a thing.
-Wow.
Look, this is a shooting error,
because it's far from all the others.
-What? -We'll mark it.
The one that's inside is the error?
Your cluster is 13, but...
It's long...
-Wait, what target were you aiming at?
We said the bottom one, right?
You aimed for the top one? -Yes.
And you're sure you were aiming
here at the center? -Yes.
Are you sure?
If this is the target,
the bullets hit below all the targets.
How?
I know I aimed at the top target,
and that really sucked.
Show me.
The bottom one.
Excellent.
This is a great cluster.
What you just did, do it again.
It's insane.
I'm good at shooting,
I got the best score
in the whole company.
It's great, what can I say?
It motivates you to keep going.
It's really important for me
to do well at target practice.
There are a few people
who are better, and you can tell.
Moshe could be an outstanding soldier.
Great, you passed.
Go get some food and rejoin the squad.
Finish eating,
Commander Nehorai's coming.
Son of a bitch,
I don't have the energy to get up.
Hold your weapons in your hands.
Not like that.
Where's Moshe?
Moshe, hurry up.
This is the last time you're late,
where were you?
-I was eating.
Why should I care?
You really, really
don't eat in formation,
you really don't.
You had 15 minutes,
what were you doing?
I was eating.
I don't care, toss it, put it aside.
You want me to put it in my pocket?
-I don't care.
Put the sandwich aside, now!
No arguing!
A soldier can't do
whatever he pleases
or thinks or wants.
The purpose of the army
is to win the next war,
so if you have to do it
through orders,
hierarchy and discipline,
then that's what you do.
I find Moshe's behavior funny.
I can't figure it out.
You're already there
and all it would take to be a good soldier
is just one more inch.
I don't understand him.
You guys are taking things lightly,
and I don't like it.
You're gonna pay.
Look at your watches.
-Watches, Commander Nehorai.
30 seconds, move.
-Run.
Moshe. -What?
Move it. Well?
How far is it from Be'er Sheva
to your house?
To my house?
30 or 40 minutes.
What's it like growing up in Kiryat Arba?
Did you ever throw stones at soldiers?
God forbid. -So?
Who throws stones at soldiers?
I got into a fight with a soldier one time,
and I regretted it.
That was the last time I hit a soldier.
You can't...
You can't fight with the people
protecting you.
That's why I don't get it.
What do your parents think about that?
What can they say?
Are you their most problematic kid?
What?
-Are you their most problematic kid?
Why problematic?
I'm the...
cutest in the family.
The most interesting.
You wish.
I'm the most interesting person
in the family.
The most challenging.
-Yeah.
The most challenging.
-I'm a challenging person.
Not a problematic child.
When I was little,
I stole a car a few times.
I stole a car, and I would drive.
Would you return it?
Most times,
I'd try to return it.
Did they know it was you?
They caught me in the end,
what do you think?
Did you go to jail?
I spent a long time under house arrest.
How long?
-Nearly a year.
What?
A year? -Yeah.
Wow, I'm in shock, Moshe, really?
Yeah.
So you didn't do anything
with your life for a year,
you didn't study, work or anything?
-Yeah.
You probably saw every TV series.
There was no TV.
A year at home without TV?
Was there...
A phone?
No computer, either.
-A year. -A year.
That was a tough time.
I've never succeeded at anything.
I transferred to five different schools.
Never fit in in any framework.
I used to do some stupid stuff,
criminal.
But that's over, I came to the army
to turn over a new leaf.
I finally have a chance
to forget everything and start over.
So it's like the army's
your second chance after school,
for a new beginning.
-The army's my first chance.
So why don't you make
a little more effort?
That's a whole different question
altogether.
But is it something you ever ask yourself?
-No.
You don't ask yourself anything,
you're fine with whatever you're doing
and you don't think about it later..
-I'm naïve.
Help me up, Moshe.
I'm wearing a vest and a coat.
What vest and coat?
Aren't you a fighter? -Shut up.
Look at your watches.
Watches, Platoon Sergeant.
You have time to eat and then fall in
in formation outside. Bon appetit.
Bon appetit, Platoon Sergeant.
Anyone want some schnitzel?
Isn't there rice without beans?
I don't believe it.
Are you allergic or something?
No,
I just don't understand
why they put them in everything.
Because it's dry, and it needs flavor.
Great, but I like it dry
and without all the stuff they add.
It's really hard
adapting to army food.
I don't feel like eating, I swear.
They can't expect a girl
living the good life
to start living like a poor person.
Anybody want some rice?
No, you eat it.
-No, Karina, you're eating that.
I'm not eating.
The schnitzel's actually okay.
It'll just get thrown away.
Just take a bite.
-No, look at it,
who would eat that?
What's wrong with it?
-We're eating it, Karina.
Like, what did you expect?
You eat that tiny schnitzel.
You want my big schnitzel?
Karina, it's just food,
don't make such a big deal about it.
Get over yourself,
you came to be a soldier.
Take a few bites
because you're gonna be here all day
and there's no food till the evening.
-I'm not hungry, I'm not eating.
Who wants some ketchup?
Keep it for later.
I'm not problematic,
but right now I feel
like I'm in this reality
that I still don't understand,
it still hasn't clicked
that I'm in the army.
Weapon, 60 degrees!
-Weapon, 60 degrees!
Five fingers on the grip!
-Five fingers on the grip!
Insert magazine!
-Insert magazine!
Weapon, ready!
-Weapon, ready!
Karina.
Weapon, ready!
-Weapon, ready!
Weapon, ready!
-Weapon, ready!
Terrorist!
Cease fire!
-Cease fire!
Do you think you were good now?
I was perfect, what can I say?
Kneeling position!
I'm used to going out at these hours,
not being at a firing range.
I don't want to hear the noise anymore,
I don't want the smell, none of it.
Let me be.
Why the face?
I've had it.
-What do you mean?
I want to go home.
I want to have some sushi,
I want my parents,
I want my siblings.
I want my friends.
I want to get out,
something I haven't done in a long time,
I want to feel pretty,
put on makeup,
draw on eyebrows, put on eye-shadow,
Draw on eyebrows?
-Yeah.
Then I put on a killer outfit
that if I wear it, people remember me.
Is there anywhere to go out
in Carmiel?
I don't go out in Carmiel,
I go out in Haifa,
to an awesome club.
Which one?
-Maio?
Maio? -Yeah.
You're welcome to come.
Do you go out?
-Of course.
Is there anywhere to go out
in Beer Sheva?
Absolutely.
Weekends go like this:
Thursdays at Baraka, Fridays at Forum,
Saturdays at Smilansky.
-No, it starts like this:
Thursdays I go shopping
to choose what to wear
to all these events.
Then I go out and I feel sexy,
I walk to the bus
and everyone whistles at me.
I swear, I'm the most gorgeous girl here.
I'm gonna smack you. Chill.
You have three seconds to take it back
and stop laughing,
and say, "Yeah, you're right."
Just because I'm wearing a baggy uniform
doesn't make me not pretty.
Why do you love yourself so much?
Why not?
Don't you love yourself?
I do, but you're lying to yourself,
I don't lie to myself.
It's not good to lie to yourself.
-I'm not lying!
A girl who's really pretty...
Like me.
-Doesn't need makeup to be pretty.
No. Natural isn't pretty.
-Natural is pretty.
No it's not.
-It's the prettiest.
Yuck.
-Of course. -It's awful.
I'm pretty... in civilian clothes.
-Okay.
Okay, I'm tired. You've worn me out.
I felt awful.
I look like shit in this uniform,
how can I agree to this?
I can't, I'm going crazy.
It's hard being around the guys
without any makeup on.
They can see too much.
When I'm an officer,
I'm gonna change the rules
banning makeup in the army,
no matter if you're a fighter or not.
Makeup will be allowed in the army.
The second I joined the army,
they started taking away my joy of life,
my sleep, my friends,
seeing my family,
good food, my identity.
I'm not gonna give up who I am
for basic training.
All the commanders are gay,
I'm telling you,
all the commanders are gay.
"Soldier, right leg 90 degrees,
"open." -For real?
For real.
"Left, left, left, right, left."
My name is Tomer Todria,
I'm 19 from Ashdod.
They're like, "Approach the white line,"
they're gay, bro.
I just happen
to be attracted to guys.
Hello.
-Hi.
I'm so happy you called.
How are you?
I'm alive.
Your face isn't sunburned?
No, Mom.
It's freezing here.
Try not to catch cold.
How are the people?
Okay.
I'm learning to tolerate them.
A worthy combination. Just kidding.
Are there any crazy ones?
Yes, of course.
I'm enlisting in two days
and I'm scared.
I cried in my sleep
a few times this week.
I remember falling asleep
and I had tears.
There was a kid in high school
who made my life miserable,
especially in 12th grade.
I'd be walking down the hall,
listening to music on my headphones,
and I remember him
walking behind me with his friends
and cursing me.
There's that break between the songs
when you can hear
what's going on around you
and suddenly you hear,
"Look at that faggot."
I still regret not having turned around
and telling him...
"Chill, man,
"you're a nobody."
I hope there isn't anyone like that
in the army.
Did you pack everything?
I'm getting there.
Did you pack a good mood?
A good mood?
That got lost along the way.
Can I have the commander's
phone number?
Why, so you can bug him?
-Just a little.
Are you worried?
Yes.
-Then stay.
Stay where?
-Here, on my lap.
I wish.
I can't.
I came out in 12th grade.
I secretly packed a bag
before I told my mom,
in case she wouldn't accept me.
It was really scary.
I don't know what to do
with the people in basic training.
Should I tell them?
Give me some tips, Oren.
Look... -But not tips from a nerd
who finished with honors,
survival tips.
My boyfriend Oren's been
in the army for a year.
If you start thinking,
do I hide it?
When do tell people?
When's the right time?
That sucks.
Just be natural about it,
you know what I mean?
It's a privilege...
to get some of this...
If they don't like it,
they can go
to hell.
How did you tell people?
Just let it flow,
like, if somebody asks you
if you have a girlfriend,
what you did on the weekend...
"I f****d a guy."
You'll be fine.
Amen.
Why does he think I'm doing
master sergeant duty? Forget it.
He can go suck a dick.
God, this is a company of faggots.
You hear that, and you think,
"How can I tell them?
"How can I come out
to these people?"
Move, you faggot.
People may not accept me.
I'll be in uncomfortable situations,
like in the showers.
I have to be naked
in front of people I don't know.
I'm embarrassed
for people to see me.
All I can think of
is to try and disconnect the fear,
to tell myself,
forget it, Tomer, let it all go
and take a shower.
Listen up.
Today we're going
to train on the obstacle course.
I'll explain the obstacles,
make sure you listen to everything.
Everyone go to the bars over there.
We're training the obstacle course.
We need to pass 10 obstacles.
Bars, stepping stumps,
crawling, stuff like that.
Every soldier has to do it.
It's one of the criteria
for completing the training.
The Platoon Commander
will demonstrate.
First thing she does is jump high,
elbows locked,
and she starts stepping forward with
her right leg and left hand moving together.
Using the opposite leg and arm.
Like this.
Can we start every morning
with her demonstrating
exercises like this?
It's getting bad, Yana.
This is nothing, sister.
We all want to be fighters
like the platoon commander,
she's such a Wonder Woman.
All right, do it.
It's important for me to complete the obstacle
course, because it's part of our training.
Did you do it, Yana? -Yeah.
My motivation's very high,
so if I have to complete
the course to be a fighter,
then I will.
I'm slipping.
Oh my god!
I have short arms,
I'm not doing this.
I'm short, I'm small.
Not...
width-wise, but height-wise.
Again, Karina.
Good, good!
That was good!
But why am I slipping?
Rub your hands in the dirt.
Come on, monkey, climb up.
Climb up.
It's frustrating to see everyone do it
18 times without even panting.
Okay, guys, over here.
Come on.
Listen up.
The next obstacle we're going to do
is the hurdle.
You run up, place your hand, your foot,
and pass over it.
Let's go.
I'm after you, Yana.
Great. -Nice!
Don't do that again, okay?
I set a goal for myself to be a fighter,
but I came and found out
it's not what I thought it was.
Oh my god!
The physical part is a nightmare.
I'm gonna make it.
Oh my god!
I try again and again.
I really can't do it.
It's so frustrating.
It's a slap in the face.
You suck.
Maybe I really don't belong here.
What a c***ksucker...
These hurtful comments
take me back to a time
I don't want to go back to.
Now you're with the people
you're gonna be with...
-For three years.
Three years.
That was my first
one-on-one conversation with Noam.
Is there something you're afraid of?
On the grass,
by the smoking area, copy?
Affirmative, copy.
Helmets on.
Run, run, run.
Emergency!
We're the emergency squad.
Whatever happens on the base,
you run there.
If someone faints or there's a fire,
anything.
Let's go.
We need to take her
to the clinic parking lot.
Good.
Two minutes to the clinic.
Let's go.
Can we put her down?
-Okay.
Lower her.
Careful, careful.
-Slowly.
Good.
When you're in the emergency squad
you have your vest on at all times.
You have your gear on.
You're so damn tired.
After a week with no sleep.
Commander Nehorai,
can I take a bathroom break?
Be quick.
Eliav went to take a piss,
and we have to wait for him.
Is he crazy?
I'm gonna kill him,
he's going to the bathroom now?
It took him an hour to come back.
The sun was in my face.
They drove me nuts.
Stand up, Moshe.
We're leaving in one minute.
I'll get up when he comes back.
Come on, I'm barely standing.
-Okay, he'll come.
Stand up, Moshe.
Put your weapon on properly.
Put your weapon on properly, Moshe.
A weapon isn't a stick.
It's a stick.
-No it's not.
You see you can do it?
Come on, Moshe.
-I'm sick of waiting.
Come here, Moshe.
-We're waiting for nothing.
Your buddy's in the bathroom.
-There he is.
Eliav, you motherf***er,
come quick.
Shut up, don't curse Moshe.
I'm sick of this.
I don't care.
Don't curse your buddy.
-I'll curse whoever I want.
No you won't.
-Yes I will.
No you won't, shut up.
I'll curse whoever I want.
-I don't wanna hear you.
Then shut your ears.
-Be quiet.
Be quiet, Moshe.
Hurry up, Eliav!
What?
-What, you motherf***er?
Why "motherf***er"?
-Moshe, you're going to far.
Yeah, right.
-You're going too far.
I don't give a shit.
I've had it.
I wanted to hit someone with a chair
and run away.
You cursed your buddy's mother,
and him, and your buddies.
We'll deal with that on our own...
-Shut up, I'm talking.
Shut up, I'm talking.
-Fine.
You will not curse your buddies
in my squad.
Or their mothers
or their brothers
or their uncles.
And I don't care
what kind of week you had
or what kind of night you had.
You're not gonna curse anyone.
Now go apologize.
I'll apologize when I feel like it.
Go apologize now.
-No way.
Then it'll cost you more.
-No problem.
I'm telling you. -No problem.
-You're gonna pay for this.
I blow up a lot at people.
For nothing.
When I need to calm down,
I go off to the side.
To chill.
Then at some point, it passes.
I'm sorry.
It's all good.
I took a shower, guys,
you can smell my armpits.
You're disgusting.
-I've been waiting to smell your armpits.
What's up?
My friend's such a faggot.
Those hurtful words,
"faggot," "fairy"...
even if he didn't say it about me.
After several times
you lose your patience
and it starts to offend you.
And he tells me, "If you get up,
he'll f*ck in the ass."
It takes me back to a time
I don't want to go back to.
It reminds me of that terrible guy
in high school.
Good night.
Get into the picture.
One, two, three...
One more, one more.
What about you, Tomer buddy?
How's life? How do you feel?
I don't know, now we're with
the people we'll be with...
For three years.
-For three years.
It's unreal, bro.
And they're kind of crazy.
That was my first one-on-one conversation
with Noam.
He's not like the other guys,
he's more mature,
he's more savvy.
Is there something you're worried about?
I feel like I have to tell people
what I am, who I am.
Well?
But I can't.
To be honest, no.
So far the squad's really great.
-Yeah.
There's something about coming out
that's like bungee jumping or something.
Quiet, girls,
so you can hear the command.
We're starting in 20 seconds.
We're starting our first
PFT (physical fitness test).
It's very stressful.
The PFT is a big part
of the combat training process.
It's a three and a half km run
that you have to do in a certain time.
If you don't do it,
you won't be a fighter.
People get kicked out because of it.
It's stressful.
Good luck, girls, go!
It's doable, it's not hard, it's just tiring.
It doesn't seem
that hard to me.
Move it! Very good!
Let's go, sprint!
Come on, Tomer.
I never thought I'd say this,
but I'm enjoying the sports
and developing my body and muscles,
I like being a fighter.
Why run three km
first thing in the morning?
Let us eat breakfast,
let the day go by,
then run three km, that's okay.
This is not okay.
Run!
I'm not active at these hours.
My brain's still asleep.
All the way.
I did a terrible job,
which is a bit worrisome.
It's embarrassing!
The run was hard for most of the girls
and some even had an attack
or shortness of breath.
I wanna go home,
I can't take it.
What happened, Karina?
I need four pills
to kill the pain.
There's no way you're taking four pills
for a headache.
At home I even take eight if I need to.
Next time will be easier, Karina.
No, I want to sleep
before I run three km.
My brain is fried.
My head doesn't hurt, my brain is fried.
It's the straw
that broke the camel's back.
I really want to leave,
I want to get the hell out of here.
Why are you crying?
I can't take it anymore.
It only gets harder, not easier.
What did you think when you joined?
I didn't think it would be like this.
It's not easy to be a combat soldier.
that's all there is to it.
You came to be a fighter,
you made a commitment.
I can't, my brain's fried.
It hurts, it's exploding.
I don't have any mental strength left.
Find it. It's there inside of you.
What are you talking about?
I promise you.
You don't know how much strength you have.
I want to go home.
That's the only strength I have.
Look at me.
It was important enough for you to say,
"I want to come here,
"I want to be the best."
Don't take it down a level now.
You need to do some thinking,
because this is the situation
and it's not gonna change.
This is the situation.
-I feel like going back to the room
and sleeping for eight hours.
-Okay.
Then sign a waiver
and don't be a fighter
and go back to the room
and sleep a lot
as, I don't know, an NCO.
Think about if that's what you really want.
It's so cold, bro, it's unbelievable.
Okay, Platoon 3,
Have your warm gear,
all your gear on you.
Where's the other gear?
Platoon 3,
every squad takes a cover position.
Let's go.
3A, cover, cover, cover.
Cover on the other side, C.
My fingers are frozen, bro.
I can't move them.
You sound like you got your period.
I wanna die.
We started practicing providing cover.
Lying and providing cover
in the cold is tough.
I'm cold.
You lie down and don't move.
We're in the desert.
It's like going into the snow naked.
I have to go home.
-I just saw a falling star.
I saw my life falling.
-Look, a falling star.
Oh yeah, you're right.
-Or is that a plane?
Is that a plane, bro?
-It's a plane, you idiot.
I swear I'm frozen, bro.
I have a neck warmer in my bag.
How can I take it out now?
I'll never be able to reach it.
This is so sad.
Give me your hat.
-Here.
I'm freezing, man.
Oh my god.
Move around or you'll get hypothermia.
What?
Get up.
You'll get hypothermia, get up.
Get up.
-Ow, son of a bitch.
You'll get hypothermia.
That hurt,
your rifle hit my mouth.
I don't give a shit, get up.
I'm cold, I can't breathe.
Look, someone has hypothermia.
Hypothermia is like heat stroke,
but in the cold.
Commander Ada.
When the body temperature
drops to like 32 degrees,
you're in mortal danger.
Quick, quick,
something's wrong with Moshe.
I'm all frozen.
Are you okay? -Just a minute, man.
I'm all frozen.
-You'll be okay, bro.
Moshe got hypothermia.
He can't move.
Moshe, where are you?
Here.
-Where are we?
Here means here.
-Where is here?
It's here.
-No, but where are we?
Here is by the bathroom.
Right. And who am I?
Platoon Commander.
It's all good.
Go to the jeep. The jeep's over there.
-Okay.
No, let go of me.
I got up so fast.
That was my moment to prove...
I'm not a problematic soldier.
I'm here when I need to be.
So even though it's hard and I'm really cold,
I have to finish this.
Platoon 3,
do you know where your food is?
No, Platoon Commander.
To find the food,
you need to be sharp
with the pattern
and the directions.
Moshe. -Yes, Platoon Commander.
-You lead us
towards the food.
Silently, Squad A,
follow Moshe.
Everyone copy Moshe's movements.
That's the sign.
Good work, Platoon 3.
You carried out your mission,
good job, Moshe.
This is about disrespecting the staff.
Your punishment
is confinement to base.
I do great all week, then I fell.
Son of a bitch.
God, it's so depressing.
It's real f***ing depressing.
Yeah, let's have ourselves
a little rebellion.
Go ahead, Moshe.
Do whatever you want.
One, two, three, four...
So far we have five people.
-Six.
Six!
Come sit down.
How are you?
-Thank God, fine.
Do you know why you're here?
You don't remember?
The Platoon Commander
will remind you.
This is about mouthing off
and disrespecting the staff.
Respect is the most important thing.
You're not a bad soldier,
you're a good soldier.
You're also greatly improving.
I see it, the commanders see it,
good job.
But that's not enough.
Your punishment is Shabbat.
You'll stay on base this coming Shabbat.
Is there anything you'd like
to say or ask? -No.
I had a ton of things to say.
But I said,
I have nothing to say right now.
Do you understand?
-Yeah.
Your mistakes?
Moshe, it's important
that you make the best of this Shabbat
and that it doesn't bring you down,
but the opposite,
start a new path,
be the best that you can be.
I thought, God, I don't know
what they want from me.
I'm riding the wave,
I did well all week
and then that took me down.
Son of a bitch.
I'm going AWOL.
Can you see how hard I'm trying?
You expect someone to give it his all,
then you stab him in the back
and tell him to keep going.
I can't.
You keep trying
and you keep getting stabbed
over and over again.
It's like spitting up blood.
Moshe.
What's going on?
How are you doing?
Great.
What happened?
-I was court-martialed. I go in, salute.
The truth is, I did it. I confess.
But they didn't have
to confine me to base.
Commander Nehorai
wants to screw me up.
You know there's no smoking here.
You hear me?
-So? -You can't smoke here.
I'm gonna screw his aunt now.
What's he got to do with it?
You think it's up to him?
He made sure I'd get screwed
as much as possible.
What were you thinking?
What do you mean,
what was I thinking?
What were you thinking?
What's up?
He's not my commander anymore.
Okay, two things.
In the end you'll be the best soldier
and it'll all be thanks to him.
No, that's not gonna happen.
I have nothing to do with him.
F**k them, confinement to base.
What a bummer.
I'll bring you
lots of things from home, sweetie.
Naama's a good friend, a great person.
I haven't met anyone like her here.
Put your belt on.
She knows how to pick me up.
Come sit next to me.
Well?
-Wait, I need to get some tahini.
He doesn't want to sit next to you.
-Yes he does.
Platoon 3, quiet down!
You have 35 minutes to eat.
No cigarettes again?
You didn't get any tahini.
-I'll get some now.
Leave me a few pitas, you scumbags.
He probably went to smoke.
Look, I'm having pasta...
on a pita. Look.
Why are you skipping?
Wow, Moshe, you stink.
From the cigarette?
-Say from what.
Shut up,
just shut up.
I don't care, not now.
Moshe, why did you smoke before eating?
What are you, a junkie?
That's not nice, Moshe.
F*** off.
Drop dead.
Platoon 3, shut up.
Are you guys crazy?
Shut up.
What's the big deal?
Platoon 3!
Look at your watches!
-Watches, Commander Nehorai.
Get into formation.
30 seconds, move.
Go on, get out.
What a retard.
How old are you? 18, 19?
You enlisted four months before me,
now you're telling me what to do?
Who do you think you are?
Take it back
so you're in one row.
To receive the commanders,
stand at attention. Attention!
Look at this formation.
Get into formation, Moshe.
Hold your weapon in both hands.
You know what?
Take the strap off
and give it to me.
Calm down.
I am calm.
-Calm down.
I am calm.
-Don't answer me.
Come here and give it to me.
Here you go. -Thank you.
Hold it with both hands.
Look at your watches!
-Watches, Commander Ada.
Run all the way around,
come back and stand in formation. Got it?
Yes, Commander Ada.
-One minute.
What's going on, Moshe?
Come back here!
What is it now?
-Nothing.
Why aren't you running?
-I'm too tired.
Then do it walking. Go.
Everyone get into push-up position
until he finishes.
Come on!
Everything pisses him off.
He gives me a hard time
about everything.
Moshe, this isn't summer camp.
Down, push-up position.
Get up.
Don't move, Almog.
I have to move my leg.
-No you don't.
Yes I do.
-Then raise your leg in the air.
Anyone who doesn't have
their canteen,
go get it, drink
and get back into formation.
Look at your watches.
-Watches, Commander.
Five.
I don't give a f***.
Got a cigarette?
Stop it.
-I've got nothing to lose.
Stop it.
-I've had it.
No matter what I do,
I get yelled at.
Stop it, Moshe.
Put the cigarette away
and stop it.
I've got nothing to lose.
-Come on, get into formation.
-How much time do we have?
-None, come on.
What do you mean, none?
-There's no time.
How much time do we have?
-Come with me.
Just stand here.
Sometimes I think
they've really got it out for him
and I totally understand him,
and sometimes I think,
Moshe, stop being an idiot.
You have a free time
for an hour now.
I want you to think about
what you did today.
Look at your watches.
-Watches, Commander Nehorai.
60 minutes, good luck.
What's up?
God, it's so depressing.
It's real f***ing depressing.
I feel like dying, Moshe.
If I don't get into a fight with him,
I'll give you whatever you want.
It's basic training, bro.
I don't give a f***,
there's four months of this,
are you an idiot?
It's gonna get worse.
Almog and Moshe are confused,
they still don't understand
where they are.
I'm not sticking to the schedule.
Me neither, I don't give a f***.
Yeah, let's have ourselves
a little rebellion.
F*** the schedule.
Yeah, f*** the schedule.
We'll take a shower at 1 am, bro.
We won't follow the schedule,
we'll get up when we want
and do what we want.
If we do that...
-Yeah?
Not only will we get screwed...
-Yeah?
It'll be on our record
our entire service.
Let's think logically, bro.
-There is no logic here.
This is the army.
-No logic in the army, bro,
right?
Of course there's no logic.
Then how do you expect us
to be logical?
What are you, an asshole?
You're greenhorns.
Fine!
-Don't you get it?
I'm gonna turn this company
upside down.
You guys are going too far.
-No we're not.
Then don't join us.
It's not about joining you,
don't you get it?
That's the way we are.
Are you with us?
But you're wrong.
-Then we're wrong,
we wanna understand
our mistake by...
getting screwed up the ass.
You like that?
-You know what?
Everyone go get
four people.
How many in our squad?
I started going crazy.
I don't care about this basic training.
We rounded everyone up
and told them, "We're rebelling."
Come here.
You too.
Stupid idiots.
They just enlisted,
they think they're men
because they're cool 18-year-olds,
then they joined the army
and they still think they're cool,
but they're not, they're nothing.
That's it, Dad, we're not doing anything.
Is your squad striking?
-Yes.
Are you crazy? You have rules, you
have a platoon commander.
Everybody's gonna be strong.
Don't take it to the edge, Moshe.
You need to know
when to hit the brakes.
It's all good.
The guys are living in la-la land.
It's like they're not here with us.
They don't care about us.
-Oh yeah?
They do f**king care about us.
-No they don't.
What if we all sit here
in the smoking area all night?
Even nine of us
sitting together is enough.
What the hell are they thinking?
You, Moshe...
-What?
Do whatever you want, bro.
If they do this...
not only will it not work,
but the army will destroy them.
One, two, three,
four, five, six.
So far we have five people.
-Six.
Six.
Why are you bringing down morale?
I'm just being logical, bro.
He doesn't want to do it, bro.
Seven, eight, nine.
Half the company's here.
I really don't know
what's gonna happen.