Eyes Wide Open
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Eyes Wide Open

65% Match
2009
1h 30m
movie
RomanceDrama

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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Eyes Wide Open

Cast & Crew

Director / Creator: Haim Tabakman
Zohar Shtrauss
Zohar Shtrauss
Aaron Fleischman
Ran Danker
Ran Danker
Ezri
Ti
Tinkerbell
Rivka Fleischman
Tzahi Grad
Tzahi Grad
Rabbi Vaisben
Isaac Sharry
Isaac Sharry
Mordechai
Avi Grainik
Avi Grainik
Israel Fischer
Ev
Eva Zrihen-Attali
Sara
Haim Zanati
Haim Zanati
Ultraorthodox

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User Reviews

@databear
9/10

“A beautiful poignant movie about human desire and contact that is forbidden in a restricted and oppressed society. Shows how the human heart struggles for connection under adversity. This one stays with me longer after the movie ends. very moving.”

April 16, 2026
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