Film dialogue: Divorce in Israel

: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem,” a movie limited to a courtroom and the waiting area outside the courtroom, tells the story of a secular Israeli woman seeking a divorce (get) from her religious husband Elisha. She became engaged at age 15 and now has four children. Viviane stopped loving her husband a long time ago and left him before the film begins. Her trial continues for five years — and then some. The brother-sister team of Shlomi and Ronit Elkabetz (Ronit plays Viviane) are the directors. “Gett” has received many awards and was Israel’s Official Foreign Language Selection for the 2015 Academy Awards. “Gett” is a personal and psychological examination of Israel’s divorce system, which grants ultimate power to the religious court and the […]