GETT: THE TRIAL OF VIVIANE AMSALEM – Golden Globe Nominee From Israel – Co-Director/Actress Ronit Elkabetz and Co-Director Shlom

As part of a series featuring the 5 Golden Globe Foreign-Language nominees, GETT: THE TRIAL OF VIVIANE AMSALEM from Israel screens at the Aero Theatre with the filmmakers in person.
 
GETT: THE TRIAL OF VIVIANE AMSALEM
2014, Music Box Films, 115 min, Israel, Dir: Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabetz

Gett is Hebrew for a divorce decree – something thats very tough to get in Israel, where rabbinical courts hold jurisdiction and mutual consent is required. This riveting drama follows the five-year struggle of Viviane Amsalem (Ronit Elkabetz) to break from her loveless marriage to husband Elisha (Simon Abkarian); its powerful examination of the roles of men and women in a religious society where they are not always equal recalls Asghar Farhadis A SEPARATION. In Hebrew, French and Arabic with English subtitles.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3UD5P75bCs

Discussion following with co-director-actress Ronit Elkabetz and co-director Shlomi Elkabetz.

Event Info & Tickets:

http://www.americancinemathequecalendar.com/content/gett-the-trial-of-viviane-amsalem-0

All directors of the 5 Golden Globe nominees for Best Foreign-Language Film will also appear at a free-admission panel discussion at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood January 10:

http://www.americancinemathequecalendar.com/content/golden-globe-foreign-language-nominees-panel-discussion-0