Fill the Void

Name: Fill the Void
Genre: Drama
Released: May 24, 2013
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 79
Cast: Chayim Sharir, Hadas Yaron, Hila Feldman, Ido Samuel, Irit Sheleg

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Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: May 24, 2013 | PG

Starring: Chayim Sharir, Hadas Yaron, Hila Feldman, Ido Samuel, Irit Sheleg, Razia Israeli, Renana Raz, Yael Tal, Yiftach Klein

Summary: A devout 18-year-old Israeli is pressured to marry the husband of her late sister. Declaring her independence is not an option in Tel Aviv's ultra-Orthodox Hasidic community where religious law and the rabbi's word are absolute.

Director: Rama Burshtein

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: PG

Runtime: 90 min

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A.O. Scott

May 23, 2013

What the film makes clear, with unfailing sensitivity and wry humor, is that for Shira and her family the ordinary arrangements of living are freighted with moral and spiritual significance. Read full review

Peter Rainer

May 31, 2013

Implicit in this film is a simple truth: The sheer force of artistry has the power to convert outsiders into insiders. I left Fill the Void feeling privileged, however briefly, to have been brought into this world. Read full review

Kenneth Turan

May 23, 2013

A transfixing, emotionally complex Israeli drama. Read full review

Joshua Rothkopf

May 21, 2013

The film isn’t exactly rousing in its conclusion, but it’s always respectful: a serious ethical inquiry into matters of women’s choice, both imposed and seized upon. Check it out. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Susan Wloszczyna

Jun 14, 2013

Its ending leaves the door open for interpretation and post-viewing discussion — just as the best sort of movie-going experiences often do. Read full review

Andrew Schenker

May 17, 2013

The film unfolds in unhurried dramatic terms that come to take on an almost fatalistic force. Read full review

The Playlist Oliver Lyttelton

May 21, 2013

Burshtein has devoted most of the last 20 years teaching and making film in that world, but here makes her international feature debut with a curious comedy-drama that has its strengths, but ultimately proves somewhat disappointing. Read full review

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kos2

May 27, 2013

Refreshingly emotionally involving, this is not at all your typical Hollywood movie. Eschewing dependence on action, this film seeks to explore the world of Haredim in Jerusalem. Many non-Jews may miss cues and actions which may seem confusing or questionable to the outside world (but areRefreshingly emotionally involving, this is not at all your typical Hollywood movie. Eschewing dependence on action, this film seeks to explore the world of Haredim in Jerusalem. Many non-Jews may miss cues and actions which may seem confusing or questionable to the outside world (but are understood by Orthodox Jews). Nevertheless, the way the Burshtein draws you into the characters' world strongly enables one to feel the tensions through which they go through. Very rewarding.… Expand

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netflic

Jun 8, 2013

This is a high quality drama about life, death, family and tradition. Not a single note is phony here. The attention to details is exceptional. The movie is slow but emotionally charged. A bit too much of ceremonial rituals to my liking. Overall, the movie is Oscar caliber.

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jules_mozar

Dec 9, 2013

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. There's too much going on underneath the surface for me to enjoy this movie. A Man marries not knowing his wife was mentally ill. Girl engaged can't even tell if her betrothed is happy or not. .Girl ashamed because she has not been selected for marriage. .ok enough this is way too subdued, too mechanical, too subjugated, too much of too little. It is a tragic movie do not compare this at all to Pride and Prejudice. That at least can be understood as it is a period movie. This to me is the equivalent of bringing back slavery and agreeing that it is ok- it is revolting. Impossible to love even if one overlooks the indenture the laws of this patriarchal community imposes on women and men. Sorry but I can not overlook everything that was not addressed in this movie. It was painful to watch.… Expand

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