Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsallem

Gett The Trial of Viviane Amsalem French Gett Le procs de Viviane Amsalem Hebrew Get mishpat shel Vivian Amsalem is a 2014 IsraeliFrench drama film directed by Ronit Elkabetz and Shlomi Elkabetz. It was screened as part of the Directors Fortnight section of the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. It was also screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.

Viviane Amsalem Ronit Elkabetz has been married to her husband, Elisha Simon Abkarian, for over twenty years. She goes to a religious court in order to obtain a gett as they are living apart and she no longer wants to be married to him. He still hopes to reunite and asks her to move back in with him. The court of rabbis order a trial reunion for the couple which Viviane tries to comply with. After several attempts to comply with the order the marital discord is so severe that she insists on a separation and the divorce trial begins.Over the course of several years Viviane struggles to obtain a divorce even as her husband does his best to slow the process. Though he tries to prove that he is a good husband and a pious man, witnesses reveal that Elisha is vengeful and petty and that Viviane has in fact been unhappy with him for years. After Elishas brother, who is acting as his representative, accuses Vivianes lawyer, Carmel, of being in love with her the two brothers feud and Elisha tries to avoid more court appearances. He is then held in contempt of court and finally agrees that he will divorce his wife if the rabbinical judicial panel orders him to. However when they do so he refuses to grant the divorce. Viviane pleads for help and mercy from the panel but they tell her they are unable to help her. ........

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