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Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem

גט: המשפט של ויויאן אמסלם

2014

A woman seeking a divorce her husband refuses to grant is trapped for years in Israel's rabbinical court, where only a man can free her, in a maddening legal ordeal that plays out almost entirely in a single courtroom. A gripping, quietly furious drama.

Why it’s here

A Hebrew/French Israeli courtroom drama about marriage, religious law, and civil autonomy.