Fill the Void
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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Cast
7 people
Hadas Yaron
Shira Mendelman
Known for
We Were the Lucky Ones
Mary Magdalene
Yiftach Klein
Yochay
Also in
False Flag
Policeman
Renana Raz
Esther Mendelman
Also in
Broken Mirrors
Munich
Irit Sheleg
Rivka
Also in
The Wedding Plan
Sirens
Razia Israeli
Aunt Hanna
Known for
McMafia
Hila Feldman
Frieda
Also in
Shtisel
Antenna
Ido Samuel
Yossi
Known for
We Were the Lucky Ones
Rama Burshtein Director · Yitzhak Azulay Composer Asaf Sudry Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $1.8M · United States release July 7, 2012 · Produced in Israel
Box office
Worldwide gross
$1,775,316
Production
Avi Chai Foundation
Production
Reshet Broadcasting
Production
Sundance
Production
Norma Productions
Production
Sony Pictures Classics
Studio
Avi Chai fund
Production
Israel Film Fund
Production
Israel
Produced in
Languages
Original title
למלא את החלל
Original language
Hebrew
Spoken on screen
Hebrew
Release dates
Israel · July 1, 2012
Theatrical
United States · July 7, 2012
Theatrical
France
May 1, 2013 · Theatrical
Germany
February 14, 2014 · Theatrical
Greece
November 14, 2013 · Theatrical
January 30, 2014 · Physical · DVD
Ireland
December 13, 2013 · Digital
Italy
November 15, 2012 · Theatrical
Netherlands
May 24, 2013 · Theatrical
Portugal
August 29, 2013 · Theatrical
Spain
July 25, 2014 · Theatrical
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