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Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem (2015)

โ˜… 7.7Not Rated115 min

2014 film

Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem (Hebrew: ื’ื˜ - ื”ืžืฉืคื˜ ืฉืœ ื•ื™ื•ื™ืืŸ ืืžืกืœื, romanized:ย Get โ€” Ha'mishpat shel Vivian Amsalem) is a 2014 internationally co-produced drama film written and directed by Ronit Elkabetz and Shlomi Elkabetz, who were siblings. It was screened as part of the Directors' Fortnight section of the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. It was also screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.

The film was selected as the Israeli entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated. It was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 72nd Golden Globe Awards.

The film is the third in a trilogy focusing on the unhappy marriage of Viviane Amsalem, the first being To Take a Wife and the second Shiva.

Plot summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem (2015) โ€” 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 di
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