Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem

Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival
Toronto International Film Festival

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Hebrew ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
111 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2014 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )
Israel ( Africa, Middle East )

Directed By:
Ronit Elkabetz
Shlomi Elkabetz

Written By:
Ronit Elkabetz
Shlomi Elkabetz

Actors:
Ronit Elkabetz ..... Viviane Amsalem
Simon Abkarian ..... Elisha Amsalem
Gabi Amrani ..... Haim
Dalia Beger ..... Donna Aboukassis
Shmil Ben Ari ..... Ya'akov Ben Harouch
Abraham Celektar ..... Shmuel Azoulay
Rami Danon ..... Rabbi Danino
Sasson Gabai ..... Rabbi Shimon
Eli Gornstein ..... Head Rabbi Salmion
Evelin Hagoel ..... Evelyn Ben Chouchan
Albert Iluz ..... Meir
Keren Mor ..... Galia
Menashe Noy ..... Carmel Ben Tovim
David Ohayon ..... David
Roberto Pollack ..... Rabbi Abraham
Rubi Porat Shoval ..... Rachel Amzalleg
Ze'ev Revach ..... Simo

Synopsis:

In Israel there is neither civil marriage nor civil divorce. Only rabbis can legitimate 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.

Ronit Elkabetz co-directs and stars in this Israeli domestic drama. In Israel, divorces can only be legitimised by the rabbinical court, which must gain the consent of both husband and wife before a decision can be made. The film follows Viviane Amsalem (Elkabetz), who must fight, over the period of five years, for her freedom from her distant and uncompromising husband Elisha (Simon Abkarian) and the courts who seem unwilling to listen to Viviane's reasons for separation.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 15 March, 2015.

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