לוטוס אתרוג

“The Office” is a mocumentary series based on the British show of the same name. Somewhere within the industrial area of Yahud is a grey, drab office, the failing branch of an office supply company heroically named “Paper-Office”. The branch is run by the show’s protagonist, Avi Meshulam, a 40-year-old loser, who’s overweight and has severe self-image issues that turn him into a liar, a suck-up, and a generally unbearable human being. He’s absolutely sure that he’s a wonderful standup comedian, who wound up in this boring, humiliating job purely by chance. Management is constantly trying to fire him, his employees despise him, yet he is ever the optimist, and he talks in catch phrases lifted from the most banal management books. He is surrounded by the range of characters that make up the impossible mosaic of Israeli society. Romance flourishes, schemes are hatched, lamination machines are sold on sale– and everybody tries to make it through yet another day with their unbearable boss.

After a decade of estrangement, Marcelo receives a surprising message from his sister, who lives in Argentina: she is sending their blind father and their sister with special needs to Israel to stay for an indefinite period. The unexpected family reunion disrupts his daily routine and brings back memories, emotions, and old wounds. In the midst of this new and unplanned reality, Marcelo is forced to confront an unresolved past and responsibilities he did not choose, and embarks on a journey centered on family, belonging, and the ability to love even when everything is complicated.