Eyes Wide Open
A beautifully affecting love story that has rightly earned comparisons to Brokeback Mountain, Haim Tabakmans potent yet impeccably restrained tale has won awards and accolades at film festivals the world over. Aaron, is respected by friends and family a pillar in Jerusalems Orthodox community. 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 shes 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.