Eyes Wide Open (2009)
Einayim Pekukhoth
91 min
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.
- Release date
- May 20, 2010
- Country of origin
- France, Germany, Israel
Where to watch
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Trailer
Cast
- Zohar Strauss as Aaron Fleischman
- Ran Khalil Danker as Ezri
- Tinkerbell as Rivka Fleischman
- Tzahi Grad as Rabbi Vaisben
- Isaac Sharry as Mordechai
- Avi Grainik as Israel Fischer
- Eva Zrihen-Attali as Sara
- Haim Zanati as Ultraourthodox Weirdo
- Mati Atlas as Ex-boy Friend
- Iftach Ophir as Head of Yeshiva Student in the Butchery
Crew
- Haim Tabakman · Director
- Merav Doster · Writer
- Isabelle Attal · Producer
- David-Christophe Barrot · Producer
- Michael Eckelt · Producer
- Rafael Katz · Producer
- Nathaniel Méchaly · Composer
- Axel Schneppat · Cinematographer
- Dov Steuer · Editor
- Yael Aviv · Casting director