Fill The Void
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Fill The Void

Directed by Rama Burshtein

Info

Director: Rama Burshtein
Section: Spotlight
Country: Israel
Year: 2012
PT: An ihrer Stelle
OT: LEMALE ET HA’HALAL
Language: Hebrew
Version: Original version with German subtitles
Cast: Hadas Yaron, Yiftach Klein, Irit Sheleg, Chaim Sharir, Razia Israely
18+ (no age rating)

Logline

Fill The Void

The story of an Orthodox Hassidic family from Tel Aviv. 18-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 28-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 girl's 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…

Meet the director

Rama Burshtein

Credits

Screenplay: Rama Burshtein
Director of Photography: Asaf Sudry
Film Editor: Sharon Elovic
Composer: Yitzhak Azulay
Production Designer: Ori Aminov
Costume Design: Chani Gurewitz
Sound: Moti Hefetz
Producer: Assaf Amir
Production Company: Norma Productions
World Sales: The Match Factory GmbH
Distributor: NFP Neue Film Produktion GmbH