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Release Date:
July 1, 2012
Original Title:
למלא את החלל
Alternate Titles:
Fill the Void
Le Coeur a ses raisons
Lemale ha'chalal
Sydämellä on syynsä
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
Avi Chai Foundation
Norma Productions
Reshet Broadcasting
Sundance
Production Countries:
Israel
Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 6 ES: 7 GR: Κ IE: PG NL: AL US: PG
Runtime: 90
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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Art Direction:
Uri Aminov
Casting:
Michal Koren
Costume Design:
Hani Gurevitch
Director:
Rama Burshtein
Director of Photography:
Asaf Sudry
Editor:
Sharon Elovic
Line Producer:
Roni Abramovski
Adar Shafran
Original Music Composer:
Yitzhak Azulay
Producer:
Assaf Amir
Writer:
Rama Burshtein
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