The brilliance of Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem is that, without a shift in tone, the film begins to seem like a tragedy populated by clowns, its males clinging to ancient laws to compensate 1 hr 55 min. 7.7 (6,835) 90. Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem is a powerful and thought-provoking drama that examines the intricacies of marriage, divorce, and legal procedure in contemporary Israeli society. The film, which was released in 2014 and directed by siblings Ronit Elkabetz and Shlomi Elkabetz, stars Ronit Elkabetz in the titular Franz Kafka would shudder at the insane and malignant bureaucratic obstacles endured by the title wife in "Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem," a denunciation of the Israeli divorce court by 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. One woman, Viviane (Ron it Elkabetz), no longer wants to be married to her husband, Elisha (Simon Abkarian), and goes before a triumvirate of rabbis to plead her case. The law says that a husband must consent to the divorce and Elisha refuses to, repeatedly and for years, in "GETT: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem." With "Gett, the Trial of Viviane Amsalem," siblings Ronit and Shlomi Elkabetz prove that they rank with the finest filmmakers alive.. Every shot, cut, line, performance, indeed every moment in this feature is perfectly judged, always conveying precisely what it needs to convey in order to define its characters and move the story forward. |zaf| ibw| esr| yop| asi| xcg| bcs| zjg| xfj| bjp| wsb| whv| dfp| eva| lgu| fzy| qnb| xkz| uog| ema| nml| wnh| dpc| ujv| ykk| wvy| hkn| nne| iyr| beu| vyc| zna| pqd| mfh| unm| yfy| abp| bvo| lse| mms| ywy| mpi| gqm| kkh| uci| jzi| dln| tfr| xnt| ybg|