
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 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 ... (Full plot summary below)
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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 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.
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| Movie MezzanineCorey AtadRonit Elkabetz is the star of the show. For a film enamored of faces, hers is most important, and what she does with it is magnificent. |
| NewsdayJohn AndersonSuspenseful, wonderfully acted, emotionally jarring. |
| Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)Bob BloomWhat the film, directed by Elkabetz and her sibling, Ronit, does, is cast a harsh light on a dark segment of Israeli society that is mostly obscured from the outside world. |
| RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzWith Gett, the Trial of Viviane Amsalem, siblings Ronit and Shlomi Elkabetz prove that they rank with the finest filmmakers alive. |
| New YorkerAnthony LaneAlmost all of the film takes place inside a courtroom, at irregular intervals over five years, but there is no sense of drag or slump; on the contrary, the action quivers with tension, impatience, comic heat, and, beneath it all, an irrepressible rage. |
| New York Magazine/VultureDavid EdelsteinThe 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 for feebleness of character. |
| CinemaywardJoel MaywardGett is holistic in its emotional captivation-it's funny, heart-warming, painful, saddening, tense, contemplative, and cathartic. |
| Salt Lake TribuneSean P. Means[Ronit Elkabetz] brilliantly captures Viviane's mounting frustration and the sense of release in those moments when she just doesn't care anymore. |
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekOne doesn't have to have seen the previous films in the trilogy for 'Gett' to provide a searing view of the Israeli system of divorce, or to make one feel deeply for a modern woman trapped in its religious intricacies. |
| Kaplan vs. KaplanJeanne KaplanHow this did not beat out "Ida" for Best Foreign Film at the Oscars last Sunday I will never understand. |