An Israeli woman (Ronit Elkabetz) seeking to finalize a divorce (gett) from her estranged husband finds herself effectively put on trial by her country’s religious marriage laws, in this powerhouse courtroom drama from sibling directors Shlomi and Ronit Elkabetz.

In Israel, there is neither civil marriage nor civil divorce; only Orthodox rabbis can legalize a union or its dissolution, which is only possible with the husband’s full consent. Trapped in a loveless marriage, Viviane Amsalem has been applying for a divorce for three years but her religiously devout husband Elisha (Simon Abkarian of CASINO ROYALE and PERSEPOLIS), continually refuses. His cold intransigence, Viviane’s determination to fight for her freedom, and the ambiguous role of the rabbinical judges shape a procedure where tragedy vies with absurdity and everything is brought out into the open for judgment.

Winner of the Israeli Film Academy Ophir Award for Best Picture and propelled by the craft of Ronit Elkabetz (LATE MARRIAGE, THE BAND’S VISIT), one of Israeli cinema’s most acclaimed actresses, Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem is an uncompromising, heart-rending portrait of a woman’s struggle to overcome an unmoving patriarchy and live a life of her own design.

Critics Pick! “Gripping cinema from start to finish...assured, streamlined and bold” - Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
“Provocative...impossible to forget.” - Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times

Official Selection (Israel) - Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Golden Globe Awards | Best Foreign Language Film
Official Selection, Director's Fortnight | Cannes Film Festival
Best Picture of the Year | Israel's Ophir Awards

Written and Directed by Ronit Elkabetz & Shlomi Elkabetz
Israel, 2015
Drama
Hebrew, Arabic (with English subtitles)
115 minutes