Eyes Wide Open
2009 · Movie · Not Rated · 90 min · ★ 6.5 · 78% critics
In a conservative Jerusalem neighborhood, a married butcher takes in a young drifter and offers him work at the family shop. As their bond deepens into a forbidden romance, he struggles to reconcile desire with the expectations of his community, his faith, and his responsibilities at home.
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Details
- Original title
- עיניים פקוחות
- Years
- 2009
- Release date
- 2009-05-20
- Language
- HE
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Critic score
- 78/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 (77 votes)
About
You may like this if you want a quiet, intimate drama about desire and duty under intense community pressure, similar in tone to Out in the Dark or Yossi; Not for you if you need fast pacing or clear, uplifting closure.
Pros: nuanced, poignant drama; intimate emotional tension; vivid religious setting | Cons: very slow pacing; restrained, quiet style; ending may frustrate
Themes
- affectation
- jerusalem
- butcher
- lgbt
- orthodox
- somber
- gay theme
- authoritarian
Cast & crew
Zohar Shtrauss
as Aaron Fleischman
Ran Danker
as Ezri
- TI
Tinkerbell
as Rivka Fleischman
Tzahi Grad
as Rabbi Vaisben
Isaac Sharry
as Mordechai
Avi Grainik
as Israel Fischer
- EZ
Eva Zrihen-Attali
as Sara
Haim Zanati
as Ultraorthodox
- MA
Mati Atlas
as Ex-Boy Friend
Directed by Haim Tabakman