History Film / FillTheVoid

* ShipToShipCombat: Shira's mother wants her to marry Yochay, most of all becuase she doesn't want Yochay to marry a stranger that lives abroad. Aunt Hanna instead wants Freida to marry Yochay, because she's still unmarried and thinks Shira should marry someone of her age.

* TheyDo: [[spoiler: Shira and Yochay marry for real after having fallen in love.]]

* AdultFear: The first half of the movie is this for the Mendelmanns. Your daughter abruptly dies of childbirth, and her husband is considering moving abroad taking their grandson with him.

* DeathByChildbirth: Esther tragically dies giving birth to Mordecai, kicking the real plot.

* RealityEnsues: Shira was all too eager to marry Pinchas Miller, a boy who was suggested to her despite not really knowing him. When she has the chance of speaking with him she finds out he's a rather dull fellow and the match goes nowhere.

A new problem surfaces as the now-widowed Yochay, Esther's husband, is expected to remarry as soon as possible by the Hassidic community, in order to give his son a stable family. His parents have suggested to him a young widow who lives in Belgium and he's considering the match. Rivka Mendelmann, Esther's mother and Yochay mother-in-law, doesn't want her grandson to leave the country and comes up with an unexpected candidate: her youngest daughter Shira. In her opinion, this would solve any proble, as Yochai need a wife, Shira was already looking for a match, and little Mordecai will be raised by someone of the family.

* AdultFear: The first half of the movie is this for the Mendelmanns. Your daughter abruptly dies of childbirth, and his husband is considering moving abroad taking their grandson away with him.

* EmptyNestSyndrome: The implied reason for Shira's father keeping to postpone her engagement, as he doesn't want the house to be empty. Especially after Esther dies.
* EurekaMoment: After being told by Yochay's mother that Yochay is considering moving to Belgium and remarry, Rivka Mendelmann is shown broodingly doing chores thinking about the terrible news she's received. You can literally see the idea popping out when she sees Shira and Yochay happily playing with Mordecai.

** The first time Yochay proposes to Shira the first time, she casually tells him that he should propose to Freida, her spinster cousin. Everyone is embarassed by the incident and Yochay feels profoundly humiliated (and rejected).
** Then again she says that Yochay is not interested in Freida right in her face, which leads poor Freida to storm out humiliated.

* TheyDo: [[spoiler: Shira and Yochay marry for real after having fallen in love.]]

* AlmostKiss: Happens between [[spoiler: Yochay and Shira, after the Rabbi ha vetoed their engagement because realizes Shira is being pressured.]]

** The first time Yochay proposes to Shira the first time, she casually tells him that he should propose to Freida, her spinster cousin. Everyone is embarassed by the incident and Yochay feels profoundly humiliated (and rejected.

* MaidenAunt: Aunt Hanna never married, but she wears her hair covered as married women so men won't give her unpleasant questions.

** Sadly for Freida, every time there's a marriage or an engagement she's condescendingly told "May you be the next (to marry).

* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Yochay gets intoxicated at Purim (the only day Hasidic Jes are allowed to drink) and drunkenly declares his love to Esther. She is touched by it but teases him for being obviously tipsy.

* AlmostKiss: Happens between [[spoiler: Yochay and Shira, after the Rabbi ha vetoed their engagement because realizes Shira is being pressured.

* CoolOldLady: Aunt Hanna is quite a cool lady, being hadicapped but also reasonable and witty. She had the strenght to refuse to marry a man out of convenience (despite being crippled by missing arms and being her last chance of getting married) because she found him unpleasant.

* RealityEnsues: Shira was all to eager to marry Pinchas Miller, a boy who was suggested to her despite not really knowing him. When she has the chance of speaking with him she finds out he's a rather dull fellow and the match goes nowhere.

* ShesAllGrownUp: The reason why despite being embarassed at the first suggestion, Yochay warms up to the idea of marrying his late wife's younger sister: she's grown up to be an attractive and kind young woman, and a good ParentalSubstitute for his son.

* ChristmasCake: Cousin Freida, who hopes to marry Yochay herself since she's still unmarried. [[spoiler: She ends up marrying Mr. Shtreicher, another widow himself.]]

* PromotionToParent: Shira has taken this role for Mordecai even before being proposed by Yochay. [[spoiler: At the end she becomes a full PArentalSubstitute as his new stepmother.]]
* RealityEnsues: Shira was all to eager to marry Pinchas Miller, a boy who was suggested to her despite not really knowing him. When she has the chance of speaking with him she finda out he's rather dull and the match goes nowhere.

* RunningGag: Aaron Mendelmann being asked about his daughter's Shira engagement (with Pinchas Miller, not Yochay). Aaron always replies it's not really the moment.

[[caption-width-right:350: It's somewhat like ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudice'' but [[RecycledInSpace recycled]] in an Hassidic community.]]

* CoolOldLady: Aunt Hanna is quite a cool lady, being hadicapped but also reasonable and witty. She did refuse to marry a man out of convenience (despite being crippled by missing arms and being the last chance of getting married) because she found the man unpleasant.

* RealityEnsues: Shira was obsessed with marrying Pinchas Miller, a boy who suggested to her despite not knowing him. When
* RemarryingForYourKids: The Hassidic community firmly believes in this. Yochay is expected to remarry as soon as possible to give his son a mother figure.

* ShesAllGrownUp: The reason why despite being embarassed at the first suggestion, Yochay starts to pursue his late wife's younger sister: she's grown up to be an attractive and kind young woman, and a good ParentalSubstitute for his son.

* ChristmasCake: Cousin Freeda, who hopes to marry Yochay herself since she's still unmarried. [[spoiler: She ends up marrying Mr. Shtreicher, another widow himself.]]