Friday opening: Getting a divorce in Israel isn’t easy

This early in the week, we know only of a single film that will be opening locally on Friday. It's at the Magic Lantern.

"Gett: The Trial of Vivian Amsalem": Having left her husband, an Israeli woman of Moroccan descent sues for divorce but must obtain a "Gett" — a document of permission for the divorce — from her obstinate husband. And he refuses. Remember the Oscar-winning 2011 Iranian film "A Separation"? This is the Israeli version, with all the twisted — and sexist — religious law inextricably intertwined.

Friday's mainstream offerings should be announced later today.