Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem

Name: Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem
Released: 2014
Duration: 115 min
Rating: 77.47572815533981
Cast: Ronit Elkabetz, Simon Abkarian, Sasson Gabai, Evelin Hagoel, Keren Mor

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גט - המשפט של ויויאן אמסלם
Le Procès de Viviane Amsalem
Gett: Der Prozess der Viviane Amsalem
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77%

Drama

Israel / France / Germany, 2014, 115 min

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An Israeli woman (Ronit Elkabetz) seeking to finalize a divorce (gett) from her estranged husband finds herself effectively put on trial by her country's religious marriage laws, in this powerhouse courtroom drama from sibling directors Shlomi and Ronit Elkabetz. In Israel, there is neither civil marriage nor civil divorce; only Orthodox rabbis can legalize a union or its dissolution, which is only possible with the husband's full consent. Trapped in a loveless marriage, Viviane Amsalem has been applying for a divorce for three years but her religiously devout husband Elisha (Simon Abkarian of CASINO ROYALE and PERSEPOLIS), continually refuses. His cold intransigence, Viviane's determination to fight for her freedom, and the ambiguous role of the rabbinical judges shape a procedure where tragedy vies with absurdity and everything is brought out into the open for judgment. (Music Box Films)

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English Probably the first Israeli film that stuck in my head for some time after seeing it. That premise has to resonate in anybody, because the Israeli view on marriage is really something I cannot comprehend. The actress Ronit Elkabeth plays perfectly the married character who wants to get a divorce. However, her husband doesn’t want to and makes her life a living hell. To be able to get a divorce she needs her husband’s permission and also the permission of a Jewish court; in either case nobody is on her side. The current practices in Israel truly shocked me. They don’t belong to the western world and the film is great at pointing that law out. It is a film full of dialogue that predominantly takes place in the courtroom and doesn’t let you get bored for full two hours. All you need is to accept the narration mode after the first half an hour and then you just ride along and stare speechlessly… (02/11/2018)