“Fill the Void”
3rd ISRAELI FILM WEEK
“Fragile: Families”
Fill the Void למלא את החלל
Synopsis
An 18-year-old Haredi girl living in Tel Aviv, is looking forward to an arranged marriage with a young man whom she likes. However, on Purim, her family suffers a tragedy when Shira’s older sister Esther dies in childbirth. Shira’s father subsequently delays the engagement so as not to have to deal with an empty house so soon after Esther’s death. Esther’s husband, Yochay, begins to regularly bring their son, Mordechai, to the Mendelman’s house, where Shira cares for him.
Distinctions / Awards
7 Ophir Awards, 2012
Best Actress, Venice Film Festival, 2012
European Film Award, Carlo Di Palma
3rd Israeli Film Week – “Fragile: Families”
The Embassy of Israel in Athens, in cooperation with the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation and under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture and Sports, is organizing the tribute to Israeli cinema Fragile: Families 3rd Israeli Cinema Week which includes nine prize-winning films from 2011-2014, which explore different areas of family life and the relationships which form between family members. At the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation from Wednesday 10th until Tuesday 16th of December 2014.
It is the third consecutive year that the Israeli Cinema Week is being organized in Athens. During the last years Israeli films have taken part and received awards at film festivals in Greece and across the world. They have also become commercially extremely successful. During the tribute Fragile: Families, the audience will have the opportunity to explore the mechanisms, the relationships and the problems of families from different backgrounds.
Drama, Israel, 2013, 90, color
Language: Hebrew
Subtitles: Greek
Director: Rama Burshtein
Screenplay: Rama Burshtein
Starring: Hadas Yaron, Chaim Sharir, Ido Samuel
