Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem

2014 • 116 minutes

About this movie

Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem follows one woman’s anguished fight against Israel’s archaic and antiquated divorce laws. Desperate to free herself from a loveless marriage, an Israeli woman named Viviane Amsalem files for divorce from her cruel and manipulative husband. But Israeli law and its Rabbinical court dictates that a divorce can only be granted under the husband’s consent. Determined to obtain her dignity and freedom Viviane finds herself fighting an epic and deeply dramatic psychological battle against a profoundly absurd legal system and her cold and calculating estranged husband.