Fill The Void

– Eighteen-year-old Shira is the youngest daughter of the Mendelman family. She is about to be married..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.70 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 30 Minutes
Release Year:
2012
Original Name:
למלא את החלל
Fill the Void (2012) - Also known as למלא את החלל

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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Fill the Void (2012) - Trailer

Release Date:

18 Oct 2012

Language:

Hebrew

MPAA Content-Rating:
PG – Parental Guidance Suggested

Some material may not be suitable for children. Parents urged to give "parental guidance". May contain some material parents might not like for their young children.

Director:

Rama Burshtein

Writer:

Rama Burshtein

Main Actors:

Hadas Yaron, Yiftach Klein, Irit Sheleg, Chayim Sharir

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.

Awards:

13 wins & 16 nominations.

Gross profit:

$1,130,272

Production:

Sony Pictures Classics

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
89%
Metacritic:
79%