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Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem (2014)
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Original name: גט: המשפט של ויויאן אמסלם
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Israel, France, Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
serious, sincere, touching, social, art house, detective, emotional, realistic, gloomy, biting ...
Plot:
unhappy wife, judge, divorce, courtroom drama, marital separation, rebellion, fighting the system, legal action, life is a bitch, injustice, legal, discrimination, rivalry, society, unsupportive spouse, rabbi, religions or cults, religion, israeli, strong female character, lawyer, judaism, trial, neighbor, honor ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
israel, palestine, maghreb, middle east
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Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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