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- 2013
- PG
- Sony Pictures Classics
- 1 h 30 m
- 2013
- PG
- Sony Pictures Classics
- 1 h 30 m
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.
Directed By: Rama Burshtein
Written By: Rama Burshtein
- 2013
- PG
- Sony Pictures Classics
- 1 h 30 m
- 2013
- PG
- Sony Pictures Classics
- 1 h 30 m
Fill the Void
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6.4
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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.
Directed By: Rama Burshtein
Written By: Rama Burshtein
Where to Watch
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Metascore
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 23 Critic Reviews
79
78% Positive
18 Reviews
18 Reviews
22% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
0% Negative
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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.
A transfixing, emotionally complex Israeli drama.
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 16 User Ratings
6.4
63% Positive
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The movie confounds at times with its aversion to clearly explaining each relationship and ritual, but ultimately that makes each realization seem more like a new discovery.
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.
The film unfolds in unhurried dramatic terms that come to take on an almost fatalistic force.
The story unfolds intriguingly within an intimate, almost claustrophobic environment. There is perhaps something ultimately undeveloped about it, but the film is a well acted, well presented piece of work.
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.
Awards
Awards of the Israeli Film Academy
• 7 Wins & 13 Nominations
Venice Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Film Independent Spirit Awards
• 2 Nominations
