Two cultures have been brewing in the melting pot of the State of Israel: the first, the European culture that completely dominated the second, the Oriental culture.

In the years since the founding of the State of Israel, the depressed Oriental culture has found several outlets, the most familiar being the popular cassette singers.

These singers have become extremely popular among Orientals, recording their tapes on street stands, mainly in the old central bus station area of Tel-Aviv. Hence they are called the cassette singers of the central bus station.

Oriental culture has since found another venue for expressing itself: in films.

The first wave of this trend was led by George Ovadia, a film director of Persian origin who wrote and directed dozens of films in Persia. He immigrated to Israel in the late sixties, where he found a large public that welcomed his films. Towards the end of his life, he was mocked by critics, and later forgotten.

Today a group of Oriental filmmakers find themselves in the vacuum that was left, led by a proud Oriental director called Yamin Mesika. Yamin has created a new format in which the tragic life story of cassette singers corresponds to the film plots.

The film No Drop Of Consolation tells of the Oriental artists struggle and their attempt to win the recognition of the Israeli cultural establishment.