Fill the Void
Summary: When the older sister of Shira, an 18-year-old Hasidic Israeli, dies suddenly in childbirth, Shira must decide if she can and should marry her widowed brother-in-law, which also generates tensions within her extended family.
Runtime: 1 h 30 min
MPAA: PG
Domestic: $ 1,775,316
International: $ 1,422,299
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