Fill the Void

2012 1h 30m HE

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6.3

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★6.3TMDB · 77

Drama

Synopsis

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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.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Hadas Yaron
Shira Mendelman
Yiftach Klein
Yochay
Renana Raz
Esther Mendelman
Irit Sheleg
Rivka
Razia Israeli
Aunt Hanna
Hila Feldman
Frieda
Ido Samuel
Yossi

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Rama Burshtein
Writers: Rama Burshtein
Languages: Hebrew
Countries: Israel

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1 / 8

RUNTIME

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90 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 14 years ago.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Rama Burshtein, shot by Asaf Sudry. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Yitzhak Azulay. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Sharon Elovic shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Hadas Yaron and Yiftach Klein and Renana Raz carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt2219514 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Rama Burshtein directs. Asaf Sudry behind the camera. Yitzhak Azulay scores. Sharon Elovic cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Israel. Dialogue in Hebrew.

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190 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 14 years ago.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Rama Burshtein, shot by Asaf Sudry. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Yitzhak Azulay. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Sharon Elovic shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Hadas Yaron and Yiftach Klein and Renana Raz carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt2219514 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 77 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.