“The Human Resources Manager” is one of those hybrid films often called a dramedy or a tragicomedy. As this Israeli film begins, though — and even as it progresses — it seems more like a mystery. The man of the title (Mark Ivanir), in charge of personnel at Jerusalem’s biggest bakery, is ready to retire for the day when his boss (Gila Almagor) calls him into her office. She’s gotten notice that a newspaper is about to publish an unflattering story about the company. One of its employees was killed in a suicide bombing and days later, no one has claimed her body. She’s a temporary worker, so the immigrant has no family in Israel. A brash reporter (Guri Alfi) charges that the manager doesn’t actually care about the people under his control — it’s “inhumane” not to notice a worker is missing and to leave her body to rot in the morgue.

The manager hasn’t been performing his role well lately, in fact. He hates his job, and the wife for whom he transferred has left him. He’s growing estranged from his teenage daughter. But in searching for a final resting place for the employee he never knew, he might just learn how to live again.