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    July 14 GETT: THE TRIAL OF VIVIANE AMSALEM (Israeli Drama)
Winner, Best Picture Award, Israeli Film Academy Ophir Awards / Israels Official Entry for the 2014 Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film.
NY Times Critics Pick. Gripping cinema from start to finish&assured, streamlined and bold Manohla Dargis. Provocative&impossible to forget. Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times.
An Israeli woman seeking to finalize a divorce (gett) from her estranged husband finds herself effectively put on trial by her countrys religious marriage laws in this powerhouse courtroom drama that mesmerizes while it infuriates. An uncompromising, heart-rending portrait of a womans struggle to overcome an unmoving patriarchy and life a life of her own design.
Directed and written by siblings Ronit & Shlomi Elkabetz and starring Ronit, one of Israeli cinemas most acclaimed actresses (Late Marriage, The Bands Visit). In Hebrew, French, and Arabic.
Free refreshments included in entry price. Individual tickets are $9 for members / $12 for non-members. To save time and money, purchase a season REEL PASS available in advance or at the door for $40 members / $55 non-members.
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