

A bureaucrat's midlife crisis hits different when your boss is literally eternal.
After 1,426 years of following orders, Ari receives an order that makes him question his superiors and fear for his life.
Writing
Economical worldbuilding that trusts your intelligence.
Acting
Daniel Lavid's deadpan desperation is *chefs kiss*.
Production
Goes places most features fear to in under ten minutes.

Director
Omri Elkayam
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title's specificity — 1,426 years — places the system's origin in 597 AD, around the start of medieval bureaucracy and religious institutionalization. Subtle.
Director Omri Elkayam comes from Israeli sketch comedy, explaining the pitch-perfect tonal whiplash between absurdism and genuine dread.