Room 514

  • 90'
  • Israel
  • 2012
A female Israeli soldier is ordered to interrogate an Israeli officer who is alleged to have abused an Arab family. Lower in rank and also a woman, she is barely taken seriously by the haughty man; he only gives her sarcastic answers.
Her colleagues, including her lover, advise her to stop the case - because it is too political, too complex and too notorious. Instead, she fastens her teeth in it, in the hope of getting justice for the victims. In the meantime she has the thumbscrews tightened by her lover and his intended.
All the interrogations take place in room 514, where the sound palette is formed only by voices and the air conditioning. Room 514 is a courageous, hyper-realistic, low-budget drama that provides a worrying and critical picture of Israeli Army culture, where young soldiers discover that good and evil, black and white, don’t exist. This debut film filled with expressive, hand-held shots was recorded in only a few days.


  • 90'
  • Israel
  • 2012
Director
Sharon Bar-Ziv
Premiere
World première
Country of production
Israel
Year
2012
Festival Edition
IFFR 2012
Length
90'
Medium
DCP
Language
Hebrew
Producers
Sharon Bar-Ziv, Michal Rubin, Arbel Bibi Rekhess
Production Company
Cinema Alpha Productions
Sales
Cinema Alpha Productions
Screenplay
Sharon Bar-Ziv
Cinematography
Edan Sasson
Editor
Shira Arad
Production Design
Tamara Gleser Shafran
Sound Design
Michael Goorevich
Cast
Udi Persi, Asia Neifeld
Director
Sharon Bar-Ziv
Premiere
World première
Country of production
Israel
Year
2012
Festival Edition
IFFR 2012
Length
90'
Medium
DCP
Language
Hebrew
Producers
Sharon Bar-Ziv, Michal Rubin, Arbel Bibi Rekhess
Production Company
Cinema Alpha Productions
Sales
Cinema Alpha Productions
Screenplay
Sharon Bar-Ziv
Cinematography
Edan Sasson
Editor
Shira Arad
Production Design
Tamara Gleser Shafran
Sound Design
Michael Goorevich
Cast
Udi Persi, Asia Neifeld