Fill the Void

Story

Synopsis

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.

Director

Rama Burshtein

Writers

Rama Burshtein

Language

Hebrew (modern)

Country

Israel

Release date

1 July 2012

Box office

$1,775,316

Ensemble

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