Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem

(2014)

★ 7.5 IMDb · 152 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 2014

Runtime: 115 мин

Country: Germany, Israel

Director: Shlomi Elkabetz, Ronit Elkabetz

Cast: Ronit Elkabetz, Симон Абкарян, Сассон Габай, מנשה נוי, Eli Gorenstein, גבי עמרני, Dalia Beger, אלברט אילוז, Ruby Porat Shoval, Evelin Hagoel

Plot

The trial story of Viviane Amsalem's five year fight to obtain her divorce in front of the only legal authority competent for divorce cases in Israel, the Rabbinical Court.

In Israel there is neither civil marriage nor civil divorce. Only rabbis can legitimize a marriage or its dissolution. But this dissolution is only possible with full consent from the husband, who in the end has more power than the judges. Viviane Amsalem has been applying for divorce for three years. But her husband Elisha will not agree. His cold intransigence, Viviane's determination to fight for her freedom, and the ambiguous role of the judges shape a procedure in which tragedy vies with absurdity, and everything is brought out for judgment, apart from the initial request.