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Gett, the Trial of Viviane Amsalem

2014

Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabetz

Ronit Elkabetz, Simon Abkarian, Menashe Noy, Gabi Amrani ...

6.9

2,031

Drama This final piece of the trilogy by Israeli siblings Ronit and Shlomi Elkabetz explores the unfolding of a marriage under the jurisdiction of a rabbinical court. Under this law, Jewish marriage may only end if the husband presents a “gett”, a divorce document, to his wife. Calling attention to a male-dominated and sometimes decade-long process, and set entirely in the courtroom, this brilliantly written and acted film reveals the slow ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Farran Smith Nehme New York Post	"A couple of plot turns threaten to overload the drama, but overall this divorce is more riveting than many a murder trial (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of four)"	POS
United States	Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune	"A highly compressed, exquisitely acted tale of two people who do not belong together plays out as a courtroom saga that, in story terms, runs longer than many marriages. (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of four)"	POS
United States	Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"Gripping cinema from start to finish."	POS
United States	Leslie Felperin The Hollywood Reporter	"This patriarchal legal loophole becomes the wellspring for densely rich drama, told with stringent austerity but also humor and judicious empathy."	POS
United States	Jay Weissberg Variety	"Siblings Ronit and Shlomi Elkabetz bring their blistering trilogy of male domination in an Israeli family to a rewarding close with 'Gett, the Trial of Viviane Amsalem'."	POS

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