Eyes Wide Open

Name: Eyes Wide Open
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 2009-05-20
Duration: 90 min
Cast: Zohar Shtrauss, Avi Grainik, Tzahi Grad, Isaac Sharry, Mati Atlas

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Release Date

5/20/2009

Runtime

90 mins

Genres

Drama Romance

Overview

A middle-aged Orthodox Jew, Aaron, living and working in Jerusalem with his wife and children, meets a homeless 19-year-old student. Aaron offers to give Ezri work as his assistant at his family's butcher shop. The two men grow close and their attraction becomes sexual. Aaron must now confront his own sexuality, his feelings for Ezri, and his obligations to his family and faith.

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Original Language

Hebrew

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A quietly devastating portrait of a man caught between the life he's built and the desire he can no longer deny. Watched with the weight of impossible choices pressing down on every scene.