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Gett, the trial of Viviane Amsalem, Gett, le proces de Viviane Amsalem = Geṭ : ha-mishpaṭ shel Ṿiṿiʼan Amsalem, Deux Beaux Garçons Films, Elzévir & Compagnie, Riva Filmproduktion presentent ; en coproduction avec Arte France Cinema ; un film de Ronit et Shlomi Elkabetz ; producteurs, Sandrine Brauer, Shlomi Elkabetz, Marie Masmonteil ; ecrit et réalisé par Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabetz

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Gett, the trial of Viviane Amsalem

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908692529

Deux Beaux Garçons Films, Elzévir & Compagnie, Riva Filmproduktion presentent ; en coproduction avec Arte France Cinema ; un film de Ronit et Shlomi Elkabetz ; producteurs, Sandrine Brauer, Shlomi Elkabetz, Marie Masmonteil ; ecrit et réalisé par Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabetz

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Gett, le proces de Viviane Amsalem = Geṭ : ha-mishpaṭ shel Ṿiṿiʼan Amsalem

In Israel there is neither civil marriage nor civil divorce. Only rabbis can legitimate 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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Gett, le proces de Viviane AmsalemGeṭ : ha-mishpaṭ shel Ṿiṿiʼan AmsalemTrial of Viviane Amsalem