Eyes Wide Open

Original title: Einayim Pekukhoth

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7.3/10

6.6K

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A married, Orthodox Jewish father of four falls in love with a twenty two year old male student.

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A married, Orthodox, Jerusalem butcher and Jewish father of four falls in love with his handsome, 22-year-old male apprentice, triggering the suspicions of his wife and the disapproval of hi... Read allA married, Orthodox, Jerusalem butcher and Jewish father of four falls in love with his handsome, 22-year-old male apprentice, triggering the suspicions of his wife and the disapproval of his Orthodox community.A married, Orthodox, Jerusalem butcher and Jewish father of four falls in love with his handsome, 22-year-old male apprentice, triggering the suspicions of his wife and the disapproval of his Orthodox community.

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IMDb RATING

7.3/10

6.6K

YOUR RATING

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Awards
- 3 wins & 9 nominations

Israel Fischer
(as Avi Grayinik)

Eva Zrihen-Attali

Sara

Haim Zanati

Ultraourthodox Weirdo
(as Haim Znati)

Mati Atlas

Ex-boy Friend

Iftach Ophir

Head of Yeshiva Student in the Butchery
(as Iftach Ofir)

Safrira Zachai

Fischer's Mother
(as Shafrira Zakai)

Lidor Daudi

Yakov

Tal Barak

David

Bar Kalfin

Shimon

Royi Zolicha

Nataniel

Eden Alon

Iftach

Halil Steuer

Child Voice #2
(uncredited)

Director
- Haim Tabakman
Writer
- Merav Doster
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Quotes
Aaron Fleischman: [translated] Restrain yourself. Restrain yourself. We have an opportunity to rise, to overcome, to fulfill our destiny in this world. This challenge wouldn't have come to us if we couldn't face it.

Connections
Featured in Sharon Amrani: Remember His Name (2010)

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a trip

emotion. as silk ladder. a love story in forbidden area. religion and relationship. nude tale about two different men and their sin/error/adventure/crazy act. few words. drops of gestures, looks and shadows of feelings. ball of sadness and strange happiness, vulnerabilities, courage and fear. a white paper and crumbs of letters. a stranger as seed of a dangerous experience. family, society and a young man from nowhere to nowhere. a ritual bath and work in a kosher meat shop. death of father and new forms of beginning. fragility of old world and ambiguous place in tradition circle. it is not a movie about gay love but only love. it is not a movie about Juwish traditional laws but only picture of a closed society. it is not just a movie. but images of a trip behind ordinary expectations.