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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.
Original Release
06/25/2014
US Release
02/13/2015
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Ronit Elkabetz | Viviane Amsalem |
Simon Abkarian | Elisha Amsalem / Elisha |
Gabi Amrani | Haim |
Dalia Beger | Donna Aboukassis |
Shmil Ben Ari | Ya'akov Ben Harouch |
Abraham Celektar | Shmuel Azoulay |
Rami Danon | Rabbi Danino |
Sasson Gabay | Rabbi Shimon / Simeon Amsalem |
Eli Gorenstein | Head Rabbi Salmion |
Evelin Hagoel | Evelyn Ben Chouchan |
Directors
Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabetz
Writers
Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabetz
Cast
Name | Character |
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Ronit Elkabetz | Viviane Amsalem |
Simon Abkarian | Elisha Amsalem / Elisha |
Gabi Amrani | Haim |
Dalia Beger | Donna Aboukassis |
Shmil Ben Ari | Ya'akov Ben Harouch |
Abraham Celektar | Shmuel Azoulay |
Rami Danon | Rabbi Danino |
Sasson Gabay | Rabbi Shimon / Simeon Amsalem |
Eli Gorenstein | Head Rabbi Salmion |
Evelin Hagoel | Evelyn Ben Chouchan |
Albert Iluz | Meir |
Keren Mor | Galia |
Menashe Noy | Carmel Ben Tovim / Carmel |
David Ohayon | David |
Roberto Pollack | Rabbi Abraham |
Ze'ev Revach | Simo |
Ruby Porat Shoval | Rachel Amzalleg |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Efrat Bigger | Executive Producer |
Anette Unger | Executive Producer |
Shlomi Elkabetz | Producer |
Sören Bode | Producer |
Sandrine Brauer | Producer |
Rémi Burah | Producer |
Denis Carot | Producer |
Michael Eckelt | Producer |
Mia Kilian | Producer |
Marie Masmonteil | Producer |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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2015 | Golden Globe | Best Foreign Language Film | Nominated |