A beautifully affecting love story that has rightly earned comparisons to Brokeback Mountain, Haim Tabakman's potent yet impeccably restrained tale has won awards and accolades at film festivals the world over. Aaron, a pillar in Jerusalem's Orthodox community is respected by friends and family. 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 she's 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.
Eyes Wide Open
May 20, 2009
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Zohar Shtrauss
Aaron Fleischman
Ran Danker
Ezri
Tinkerbell
Rivka Fleischman
Tzahi Grad
Rabbi Vaisben
Isaac Sharry
Mordechai
Avi Grainik
Israel Fischer
Eva Zrihen-Attali
Sara
Haim Zanati
Ultraorthodox
Mati Atlas
Ex-Boy Friend
Haim Tabakman
Director
Merav Doster
Screenplay
Isabelle Attali
Producer
Michael Eckelt
Producer
Yael Aviv
Casting
Frédèric Gomez
Executive Producer
David C. Barrot
Producer
Christian Chardot
Executive Producer
Hervé Lagaert
Executive Producer
Dirk Decker
Executive Producer
Christian Vennefrohne
Line Producer
Denis Granger
Executive Producer
Michel Madsac
Executive Producer
Stéphane Tordjemann
Executive Producer
Eric Salon
Executive Producer
Gilles Salesse
Executive Producer
Itai Tamir
Line Producer
Rafael Katz
Producer
Nathaniel Méchaly
Original Music Composer
Avi Fahima
Art Direction
Nira Yair
Set Decoration
Axel Schneppat
Director of Photography
Yam Brusilovsky
Costume Design
Dov Steuer
Editor