Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem (2014)

Gett is a psychological drama that takes place in the court of rabbis. At the center of the plot is a five-year-long exhausting battle Viviane Amsalem has fought to receive her gett – a divorce document. Jewish marriages are conducted in accordance with a special agreement. If a husband does not honor his commitments, his wife has a right to initiate the divorce. But if the matrimonial agreement was visually maintained, then a husband’s consent is demanded. If a man refuses, then a woman has to either give up and return to the family or keep applying to the religious court and go through the procedure over and over again – and it is the latter way that Vivian decides to follow. Every time she is rigorously interrogated about her attitude towards her husband, to marriage, to her responsibilities within a family, she is always reminded about her duty of submission. Her main reason for a divorce – to leave an unhappy marriage – is not taken into consideration. But that is the motif that guides Viviane and encourages her to keep fighting for freedom.