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Fill the Void

Drama

2012, Movie, 1h 30min

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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Reviews

Critic A.A. Dowd

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There’s a hushed, disarming power to Fill The Void, a new Israeli drama set in contemporary Tel Aviv...

Read full review at The A.V. Club

Critic Angie Errigo

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...it's a well acted and delicately told tale.

Read full review at Empire

Critic Peter Bradshaw

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The story unfolds intriguingly within an intimate, almost claustrophobic environment.

Read full review at The Guardian

Critic Marjorie Baumgarten

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...almost more like an ethnographic film than a fictional narrative in regard to our rare observational perspective.

Read full review at The Austin Chronicle

Critic Louise Kidde Sauntved

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Filmens styrke er dens mange antydninger og blandede følelser. Den fine grænse mellem smil og tårer, pligt og lyst...

Read full review at Berlingske

Critic Niels Roe

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Filmens største trumfkort er dens evne til at give et uforstillet og troværdigt billede af dagligdagen i en ortodoks jødisk familie.

Read full review at Cinemazone

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In the heart of Tel Aviv's ultra-Orthodox community, 18-year-old Shira Mendelman's life is turned upside down when her older sister Esther dies in childbirth. Shira's family is devastated, and her father delays her engagement to a young man she likes. Yochay, Esther's husband, begins to visit the Mendelman's house with their son Mordechai, and Shira's mother suggests that Yochay marry Shira instead of a widow from Belgium. Shira is hesitant but eventually agrees, feeling it's the best option for everyone. However, as the wedding approaches, Shira realizes that she has feelings for Yochay and wants to be with him and Mordechai. The rabbi refuses to condone the marriage, but Shira convinces him to change his mind. The film ends with Shira and Yochay's wedding, as they fill the void in each other's lives.

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You can stream Fill the Void on: Apple TV Amazon Store Fandango at Home