Lemale et ha'halal

Oct 18 2012 PG 1h 30m
Drama, Romance

Eighteen-year-old Shira is the youngest daughter of the Mendelman family. She is about to be married off to a promising young man of the same age and background. It is a dream come true, and Shira feels prepared and excited. On Purim, her twenty-eight-year-old sister, Esther, dies while giving birth to her first child, Mordechay. The pain and grief that overwhelm the family postpone Shira's promised match. Everything changes when a match is proposed to Yochay-Esther's late husband-to a widow from Belgium. Yochay feels it's too early, although he realizes that sooner or later he must seriously consider getting married again. When the girls' mother finds out that Yochay may marry the widow and move to Belgium with her only grandchild, she proposes a match between Shira and the widower. Shira will have to choose between her heart's wish and her family duty. She will find out that the void which she must choose exists only within her heart.

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Plot

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, tradition and the rabbi's word are absolute.

Written by

Rama Burshtein

Directed by

Rama Burshtein

Cast

Hadas Yaron, Yiftach Klein, Irit Sheleg

Crew

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Production Countries

Israel

Production Companies

Reshet Broadcasting, Sundance, Avi Chai fund, Israel Film Fund, Norma Productions

Languages

Awards

14 wins & 16 nominations

Trailers
FILL THE VOID by Rama Burshtein - International Trailer (HD)
Scores
# of Votes
4,092
Average Rating
6.7 out of 10
Metascore
79
Popularity
NA