Get - The process of Viviane Amsalem

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Movie
German title Get - The process of Viviane Amsalem
Original title Get - Ha'mishpat shel Vivian Amsalem
Country of production Israel , France , Germany
original language Hebrew
Publishing year 2014
length 115 minutes
Age rating FSK 0
Rod
Director Ronit Elkabetz ,
Shlomi Elkabetz
script Ronit Elkabetz,
Shlomi Elkabetz
production Shlomi Elkabetz,
Sandrine Brauer ,
Marie Masmonteil
Michael Eckelt
music Dikla Dori , Shaul Besser
camera Jeanne Lapoirie
cut Joëlle Alexis
occupation

Get - The process of Viviane Amsalem ( Hebrew גט - המשפט של ויויאן אמסלם) is an Israeli-French film drama in which the siblings Ronit Elkabetz and Shlomi Elkabetz both wrote the script and directed. The film is about the long, desperate struggle of the Israeli Viviane Amsalem to get her divorce. Get closes a trilogy that includes the films Separate Paths ( Ve'Lakhta Lehe Isha , 2004) and Shiva (2008).

The film is predominantly carried by dialogues, facial expressions and gestures. Visually, the staging is extremely reserved and calm. Because of this emotional distance, the film runs without age limit in Germany.

action

The Israeli Viviane Amsalem fought for the divorce from her husband Elisha for five years before the responsible Jewish-Orthodox rabbinical court . In such a procedure, after examining the case, the court can order the man to consent to the divorce, but this only becomes effective if he presents a get, a divorce letter issued by the court, to his wife. Elisha refuses to divorce, although Viviane has been separated from him for years. Witnesses are called, the process dragged on again for years, while Viviane desperately fought for her dignity and freedom. Being separated without an official divorce, Aguna , she is threatened with demotion to a social outsider.

background

In the State of Israel there is no civil marriage, only religious marriage that is concluded in the relevant religious community (Judaism, Islam, Christianity, Baha'i). The regulation of the jurisdiction of religious courts goes back to the time of the Ottoman Empire and was retained during the League of Nations mandate for Palestine and when the State of Israel was founded. Get is the Hebrew name for a letter of divorce , the handing of which in Judaism makes a divorce effective. The film sparked a debate in Israel about the role of women and rabbinical justice. According to Ronit Elkabetz, he has encouraged many women.

Publication and awards

The film was shown for the first time at the Cannes International Film Festival 2014 in the side series Quinzaine des Réalisateurs (German: "Two weeks of directors"). In September 2014 it was screened at the Toronto International Film Festival in the Contemporary World Cinema section . He received three awards at the Jerusalem Film Festival in July 2014, including the Haggiag Award for best Israeli film. It was named one of the Top Five Foreign Language Films by the National Board of Review in 2014 . At the Hamburg Film Festival in 2014, the film received the Art Cinema Award from the international association of film art theaters. It was nominated as the Israeli entry for the 2015 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, but did not make it into the nomination from the shortlist. It was also nominated for the 2015 Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

Reviews

  • Filmdienst : "An oppressive as well as absurd court film, which gives space to the different perspectives with a visually strict concept and makes the social conflict between secularization and orthodoxy visible through its clever staged minimalism."
  • epd film : “Everyone here is entangled and thus trapped in the situation. The camera resolutely dissolves all hierarchies. What remains are the close-ups and close-ups of Ronit Elkabetz's tears and of Simon Abkarian's almost motionless facial features. And it is precisely these images that develop a tremendous impact ... "

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Certificate of release for Get - The process of Viviane Amsalem . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , December 2014 (PDF; test number: 148 681 K).
  2. ^ Yoram Moyal: Israeli Law. Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Research Center for Jewish Law, accessed on January 17, 2015 .
  3. ^ Hanno Hauenstein: No carte blanche for women. Zeit-online, January 17, 2015, accessed January 17, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Casey Cipriani: TIFF Adds 'Clouds of Sils Maria' and 'Two Days, One Night,' Reveals 5 More Lineups. Indiewire, August 12, 2014, accessed January 13, 2015 .
  5. ^ Jerusalem Film Festival: Awards for 2014. Internet Movie Database , accessed January 13, 2015 .
  6. ↑ National Board of Review, USA: Awards for 2014. Internet Movie Database, accessed January 17, 2015 .
  7. ^ David Caspi: Oscars: Israel Nominates 'Gett, the Trial of Viviane Amsalem' in Foreign-Language Category. The Hollywood Reporter, September 21, 2014, accessed January 13, 2015 .
  8. ^ Short review at Filmdienst , accessed on January 17, 2015
  9. ↑ Film review by epd film , accessed on January 17, 2015