GETT: THE TRIAL OF VIVIANE AMSALEM
by Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabetz
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 that 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.
international title: | Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem |
original title: | Gett |
country: | Israel, France, Germany |
sales agent: | Playtime |
year: | 2014 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabetz |
film run: | 115' |
release date: | FR 25/06/2014, ES 06/03/2015, SE 17/04/2016 |
screenplay: | Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabetz |
cast: | Simon Abkarian, Sasson Gabai, Ronit Elkabetz, Menashe Noy, Rami Danon, Eli Gornstein, Roberto Pollak |
cinematography by: | Jeanne Lapoirie |
film editing: | Joelle Alexis |
costumes designer: | Ehud Gutterman |
music: | Dikla, Shaul Beser |
producer: | Sandrine Brauer, Denis Carot, Shlomi Elkabetz, Marie Masmonteil |
co-producer: | Michael Eckelt |
production: | Elzévir Films, Riva Filmproduktion, ARTE France Cinéma, DBG / deux beaux garçons |
distributor: | Les Films du Losange, Festival Films, Folkets Bio |