Ronit & Shlomi Elkabetz – France, Israel, Germany 2014 – 115 min – DCP – V.O.S.E.
Ronit Elkabetz, Simon Abkarian, Menashe Noy, Sasson Gabay
[mini-icon icon=”time”] Sunday 25/9 19.00h – Thursday 29/9 17.00h
[mini-icon icon=”map-marker”] Filmoteca de Catalunya
[mini-icon icon=”play-circle”] Fiction
[mini-icon icon=”certificate”] Estreno en España
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. Viviane and her lawyer must face the uncompromising attitude of Elisha, the husband, who doesn’t even respond to the rabbis convocations. When he is finally obliged to come to court, he keeps refusing the divorce (gett) even though they’ve been separated for years. Witnesses are called, the procedure drags on, while Viviane is still unable to recover her dignity.
With a presentation on 25/9 by Ariel Schweitzer, cinema historian and professor at Tel Aviv and Paris universities, he is a film critic at Cahiers du Cinéma,
Awards
Best film, Best supporting actor – Israel Film Academy 2014
Silver Hugo Award – Chicago International Film Festival 2014
Otra Mirada Award – Festival de San Sebastián 2014
