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Fill the Void(Movie, 2012)

Original title: "למלא את החלל" (Hebrew/HE)
PG
| 1h 30min | Genre: Drama
Fill the VoidRating: 3.3/5 (with 2929 votes)
Fill the Void (Hebrew: למלא את החלל - lemale et ha'ḥalal) is a 2012 Israeli drama film written and directed by Rama Burshtein. It focuses on life among the Haredi Jewish community in Tel Aviv, Israel. Hadas Yaron stars as Shira Mendelman, an 18-year-old girl who is pressured to marry her older sister's husband, following the death of her sister in childbirth. The film required a lengthy production period, taking over a year for the casting to be completed, and another year and three months for editing. Burshtein, who was doubtful as to how much of the process would be completed, took a step-by-step approach, focusing first on the writing, then on accumulating enough funding for the project, followed by the filming and editing. Burshtein became the first Haredi Jewish woman to direct a film intended for wide distribution. The film premiered at the 69th Venice Film Festival on 1 September 2012, and was later released in the United States on 24 May 2013. Fill the Void was well received by critics for its depiction of Haredi Jews and their lifestyle. It won seven Israeli Academy Awards, an... ()
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Awards & Nominations for Fill the Void

Ophir Award for Best Feature Film European Film Award for Best Cinematographer

About Fill the Void

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 by Rama Burshtein - International Trailer (HD)(Trailer, 1:27)

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Additional Information

Production country: Israel
Plays in: Tel Aviv
Original language: Hebrew (HE)
Spoken languages: Hebrew (HE)
Translated into 16 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 07/07/2012 (World premiere: 07/01/2012)
Cast: Hadas Yaron, Yiftach Klein, Irit Sheleg, Chaim Sharir, Razia Israeli, Hila Feldman, Renana Raz, Yael Tal, Michael Weigel, Neta Moran
Director: Rama Burshtein
Producer: Assaf Amir
Screenwriter: Rama Burshtein
Director of Photography: Asaf Sudri
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Lemale et ha'ḥalal"
"Sydämellä on syynsä"
"Le Coeur a ses raisons"
"Lemale ha'chalal"
Revenue: 1,775,316 USD

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