Fill the Void

I liked it so much, I watched it with friends. They agreed.

This is a beautiful story. To those who look upon Hassidic Jews, with their anachronistic clothing, strange customs, & refusal to assimilate, as weird or even distasteful, I recommend watching this movie as if it were an anthropologist's film about a little known tribe: with interest, with an open mind, with a desire to learn & understand. One sees them then as human beings whose, to us, odd practices are right to them in the context of their culture, and the culture itself as sympathetic, and indeed lovely in its own way. I had seen the film on the web & I bought the DVD to lend to friends to spread these insights.

This movie accurately depicts Torah observant Jewish life.If you're unfamiliar about how Orthodox Jews live, this may not be the film for you. Because you will not understand the plot or the deep emotional underpinnings. Especially those of the main character, Shira.When Shira visits the Rebbi on her own you then understand all her inner struggle with the decision she is making. Not an easy one, especially for someone of 18 years of age.Very true to tzinuis even to the ending, which made me love this film even more.**SPOILER**Shira is torn about marrying her sister's husband because she feels guilty. She does have feelings for Yochay, but doesn't feel it is correct to care for her sister's husband in that way, even though Esther is gone. She tries to sabotage the shidduch in many ways. Whether on purpose or not. Then the meddling of her aunt and friend Freida does not help either.

The excellent, heartrending movie springs from the singular vision of writer/director, Rama Burshtein. One of the few devoutly Orthodox women making films today, Ms. Burshtein brings a unique perspective to this project. Her deep, rich understanding of this community shows in every frame. Her camera shows us all the small rituals, all the social interactions and all the layers of complexity and meaning that make up this devout corner of Judaism.Hadas Yaron - a secular Jew in real life - does a wonderful job here portraying the frum, flowering sister. There's an important age gap here between Ms. Yaron's Shira and older sister Esther (the choreographer Renana Raz doing one of her occasional screen turns). Esther is the beautiful older sister ("The most beautiful person in the world" as an adoring Shira refers to her at one point), Shira always the notably younger "little sister." These dynamics are important because when tragedy befalls Esther, our little duckling Shira is slowly thrust into a role that at first seems very unsuited for her. Neither she nor the audience can at first accept her as Esther's replacement.I loved the casting here. Irit Sheleg and Chayim Sharir are superb as parents Rivka and Aharon. They are bulwarks of the community and love both of their daughters equally. [Wow, I just learned that Ms. Sheleg is Dana Ivgy's mom, WHAAAAT??] The amazing Purim scene -- with Sharir literally heading the table and Sheleg looking on in the background and basically running the books...that scene alone -- an incredibly deep, rich dive into tradition -- is worth the price of admission in this movie. It's a superb piece of filmmaking from Rama Burshtein.

It’s a nice story with beautiful acting. … But, there are plot… gaps. Not plot holes in terms of things being unrealistic. But just weird montage that leaves the viewer wondering what the heck just happened. But in the bits where it works, it really works. The scene in the kindergarten was hauntingly beautiful.

It’s super interesting love this movie!

A really unique film. I do not think the director would like me saying this but, Yiftakh Klein, Yochay, would do a very good job if another authentic Jesus of Nazareth film were to be produced. The next time they do The IV Evangelists with serious production quality I think this Yiftakh Klein has the poential to do a Jesus that is worthy of Orthodoxy weather it is Roman Orthodoxy or Greek Orthodoxy. If they could put a Rembrandt on film Yochay would do a good job. I enjoyed the film because I like Religous Jews that are actually Jewish. When Christians need epic and quality Chirst films ironically Religous Jews even indirectly portray the most reverent Jesus movies. Cheers to the director, Hadas Yaron and Yiftakh Klein. I hope he does a worthy Jesus movie. Well done.

I enjoyed this movie because it gave me food for thought. It posed basic ethical and consequence questions in a fresh and interesting way. What would you do if you were placed in a situation where your potential future well being and happiness came because of another's death? How much does family loyalty and cultural norms mean to you in the face of your personal truth and honor?Shira, the would be new wife of her sister's dead husband is confronted with these ethical issues. The writer and actors masterfully show us the journey to the final decision. This movie is also a touching and sensitive snapshot of an orthodox jew's outlook on problem solving; such as the community involvement, family closeness (sometimes positive, sometimes negative) and going to G-D in prayer for help.I say well done and worth watching a few times to enjoy the quiet messages and symbolism.

An insight into the religion anx a way of life that I could not imagine....sadly I had Monty Pytnon in my head quite often ....Life of Brian has a lot to answer for !!

Chegou mais rápido do que esperava. Produto em bom estado de conservação. Excelente

I like the movie 🎥 but i dit not like that you kan not choose a other language, and the sup titel were so fast that you have to pause the movie to read it 🥺 bit the movie it self was wonderful

Definitely Worth Buying!

The beginning of this film is full of intrigue. What are they talking about? What's the problem? The scenes are tense and everyone is on edge. Gradually the situation becomes clear.I missed the humour of Shtisel in this darker plot.