Eyes Wide Open (2009)

  • NR
  • 10/17/2009 (US)
  • Romance, Drama
  • 1h 30m

Overview

A beautifully affecting love story that has rightly earned comparisons to Brokeback Mountain, Haim Tabakman's potent yet impeccably restrained tale has won awards and accolades at film festivals the world over. Aaron, a pillar in Jerusalem's Orthodox community is respected by friends and family. However, when he hires handsome runaway student Ezri to assist with his business, sexual tensions bristle and the pair cautiously embark on a love affair. Meanwhile, a neighbouring shopkeeper persists in seeing a man of her own choosing, even though she's been promised by her father to another. As forbidden truths come to the fore, these lovers are forced to either confront or relent in the face of a centuries-old religious community, with startling results.

Haim Tabakman

Director

Merav Doster

Screenplay

Cast

Zohar Shtrauss's headshot

Zohar Shtrauss

Aaron Fleischman
Ran Danker's headshot

Ran Danker

Ezri
Tinkerbell's headshot

Tinkerbell

Rivka Fleischman
Tzahi Grad's headshot

Tzahi Grad

Rabbi Vaisben
Isaac Sharry's headshot

Isaac Sharry

Mordechai
Avi Grainik's headshot

Avi Grainik

Israel Fischer
Eva Zrihen-Attali's headshot

Eva Zrihen-Attali

Sara
Haim Zanati's headshot

Haim Zanati

Ultraorthodox

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