An Israeli woman seeking to finalise her divorce from her cruel husband finds herself effectively put on trial by her...
An Israeli woman seeking to finalise her divorce from her cruel husband finds herself effectively put on trial by her country's religion-based marriage laws, in this drama - winner of Best Film at the Israeli Academy Awards.
"For Israeli Jews, marriage and divorce are not civil institutions; both rites fall under the jurisdiction of the Orthodox rabbinical courts. A woman may ask for a divorce, but it is solely the husband's to give. This scenario forms the core of Gett, the conclusion of a trilogy by sibling filmmakers Ronit and Shlomi Elkabetz focusing on the thorny marriage of Viviane (Ronit Elkabetz) and Elisha Amsalem (Simon Abkarian)." (Toronto International Film Festival)
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"Ronit and Elkabetz bring their blistering trilogy of male domination in an Israeli family to a rewarding close with Gett."
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Variety
Variety"The acting, especially from Menash Noy as an ineffectual attorney, is phenomenal, resulting in a feminist knockout told in inverse."
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Time Out
Time Out"Gripping cinema from start to finish, almost implausibly so."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"The divorce-centered drama is so provocative it's become a lightning rod for debate inside the country. Even watching from a distance is unnerving."
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times"This patriarchal legal loophole becomes the wellspring for densely rich drama, told with stringent austerity but also humor and judicious empathy."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood ReporterGett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem | Details
- Rating
- M, Mild themes and coarse language
- Runtime
- 115
- Genre
- Drama
- Country of origin
- Israel, France, Germany
