Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem 2014 123movies

Watch: גט: המשפט של ויויאן אמסלם 2014 123movies, Full Movie Online – 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..
Plot: The trial story of Viviane Amsalem’s five year fight to obtain her divorce in front of the only legal authority competent for divorce cases in Israel, the Rabbinical Court.
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	7.7/10 Votes: 6,570
	100% | RottenTomatoes
	90/100 | MetaCritic
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Reviews:

Middle East fundamentalism once again scoring low on women’s rights
Excellent movie. It is really a play, with a play’s limited sets, but with the movie camera’s freedom to somehow annotate the lines with sub-textual commentary. The camera, is, however, never, intrusive, and remains mostly neutral (if that is even possible). The immense frustration of this absurd ritual for divorce transfers to the viewer. The ‘wife”, seeking the divorce, remains almost silent, save for several curt responses to the self-important rabbis ruling over the case. The underlay here is Middle East culture, fundamentalism in my book, trundling it’s (formerly: its) tyranny down thru these ages, and it makes you wonder how sane peep still adhere, so desperately it seems, to this primitive and obsolete madness.

A great film about a greatly flawed system
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem (2014) is an Israeli film written and directed by the sister-and-brother team of Ronit Elkabetz and Shlomi Elkabetz. Ronkit Elkabetz also stars in the movie. She plays Viviane Amsalem, who is married to Elisha Amsalem (Simon Abkarian), from who she wants a divorce. In order to be divorced from Elisha, Viviane must obtain a Gett–the approval of her husband for the divorce. That is the basic plot of the movie. In fact, it’s the only plot of the movie. Can Viviane obtain the divorce that she so desperately wants.

I learned–after watching the film–that Gett is actually the third movie in a trilogy about this couple. Although it would probably make sense to watch the trilogy in chronological order, Gett stands on its own as a powerful and complete film. The script contains references to earlier events, but they are presented clearly enough to allow us to understand them.

All of the actions take place in the rabbinical courtroom in Israel, and in the waiting room of the courtroom. There’s not a single shot of anything outside the courtroom. It’s a truly claustrophobic setting, especially because the courtroom and waiting room are devoid of any color or any objects of interest, other than the actors.

Both of the leading actors are superb. Our heart goes out to Viviane Amselem, who simply wants a divorce. She appears to be a fine person–honest, honorable, and someone who has made a real effort to be and remain a good wife. However, the marriage for her is dead, and she wants to leave the marriage and move on with her life. She has wanted this for five years, and still she is not divorced.

Her husband, Elisha, is not a cardboard cutout villain, which would actually make things easier for us as viewers. He is a handsome, intelligent, well-spoken man. However, he appears emotionally cold and aloof. I wonder if he might have a condition somewhere along the autism spectrum. Certainly, his interactions with others–the judges, his wife, the witnesses–are uniformly cold and almost robotic.

What we learn is that there is no such thing as a “civil court” for divorces in Israel. The rabbinical court is the only court. In the United States, a highly observant Jewish woman might go to a rabbinical court to obtain a Gett. If her husband refuses to give her a Gett, she can’t be divorced from a religious point of view. However, if she is desperate enough, she has the choice of going to a civil court and getting a legal divorce. (This may not be considered an option by a highly observant woman, but she has the legal option, whether she chooses to use it or not. In Israel, she doesn’t have the legal option.)

What I took away from this film is that the Israeli legal system is broken in respect to divorce. The rabbis can ponder. They can quote from the Talmud. They can subpoena witnesses, they can freeze someone’s bank account or credit cards. They can cajole, they can reason, they can fume. What they can’t do is make a husband give his wife a Gett.

This film was shown at the excellent Dryden Theatre in Rochester, NY as part of the matchless Rochester International Jewish Film Festival. Unfortunately, we were unable to be at the theater that night, so we bought the movie on DVD. It worked very well on DVD–it’s basically a courtroom drama, so there’s not any scenery or action shots that would do better on a large screen.

Note: A booklet was Included in the DVD, which contained commentary about the film. That’s how I learned about the two earlier movies: To Take a Wife (2004) and Seven Days (2008).

Other Information:

Original Language he
Runtime 1 hr 55 min (115 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Not Rated
Genre Drama
Director Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabetz
Writer Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabetz
Actors Ronit Elkabetz, Simon Abkarian, Gabi Amrani
Country Israel, France, Germany
Awards 15 wins & 19 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Dolby Digital (Dolby 5.1), Dolby Digital (Spanish dubbing mix)
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
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Printed Film Format Digital (Digital Cinema Package DCP)