Fill the void / Norma Productions presents ; written and directed by Rama Burshtein ; producer, Assaf Amir.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Burshtein, Rama, 1967- screenwriter, director.

Amir, Assaf, producer.

Norma Productions (Israel), production company.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Arranged marriage--Israel--Tel Aviv--Drama.

Arranged marriage.

Young women--Israel--Tel Aviv--Drama.

Young women.

Jewish families--Israel--Tel Aviv--Drama.

Jewish families.

Genre:

Feature films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (91 minutes)

Other Title:

Lemale et ha'halal

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Sony Pictures Classics, 2013.

Language Note:

In Hebrew ; with English subtitles.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

Fill the Void tells the story of an Orthodox Hassidic family from Tel Aviv. Eighteen-year-old Shira is the youngest daughter of the 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. The pain and grief that overwhelm the family postpone Shira's promised match. Everything changes when an offer is proposed to match Yochay - the late Esther's 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 leave the country 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.

Participant:

Hadas Yaron, Yiftach Klein, Irit Sheleg, Chayim Sharir.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed January 05, 2017).

OCLC:

971297480