Eyes Wide Open

Eyes Wide Open

Eyes Wide Open

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Eyes Wide Open

2009

1h 30m

6.4(75 votes)

Romance

Drama

Overview

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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Cast & Crew

9 members

Acting

Zohar Shtrauss

Aaron Fleischman

Zohar Shtrauss

Acting

Ran Danker

Ezri

Ran Danker

Acting

Tinkerbell

Rivka Fleischman

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Acting

Tzahi Grad

Rabbi Vaisben

Tzahi Grad

Acting

Isaac Sharry

Mordechai

Isaac Sharry

Acting

Avi Grainik

Israel Fischer

Avi Grainik

Acting

Eva Zrihen-Attali

Sara

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Haim Zanati

Ultraorthodox

Haim Zanati

Acting

Mati Atlas

Ex-Boy Friend

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