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Eyes Wide Open (2008)
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Aaron (38) a respectable butcher in the Ultra Orthodox Jewish community of Jerusalem is married to Rivka (28) and is a dedicated father to five children.
After his father's death, Aaron is looking for an assistant to replace him. One day, a young and handsome homeless Yeshiva student, Ezri (19), enters the butcher shop by chance. Ezri and Aaron have a nice conversation in the shop, and the day after Aaron discovers that Ezri spent the night on a bench on the street. Aaron takes pity on Ezri's and decides to be his patron. He hires him to work in his butcher shop, teaches Ezri the craft of slaughtering, and houses him in the shop's back room. Aaron also introduces Ezri to the community, and invites him to eat meals in his house. Gradually, they become friends and even soul mates.
One day, when they go to a remote "Mikve" (a sacred ritual bath) an intimate moment occurs between them, which bring them to make love.
From this moment onwards, Aaron knows no peace.
Aaron develops deep feelings towards Ezri. He spends more and more time with him, slowly neglecting his family and community life, and is swept away in a whirlpool of love and lust for Ezri.
However, Aaron is a God-fearing person who greatly loves his family, and so he feels immense guilt and torment which he expresses in physical rituals of self-punishment.
When Rivka suspects that something is wrong with Aaron, she goes to Rabbi Vaisben (56) the head of the "Modesty Guards", a radical law authority in the Ultra-Orthodox community. The Modesty Guards start to follow Aaron and he begins to notice eyes wide-open observing him from each corner.
Aaron tries to put barriers between him and Ezri; one time he even expels him from the store. However, each time he gives in to his love and passion and asks Ezri to return to him.
One day Rivka discovers an item, a love souvenir that Aaron had received from Ezri. Since her worst suspicion is now confirmed, she decides to take action.
Under enormous pressure that Rivka and the Modesty Guards put on him, Aaron inevitably reaches a decision to commit an irreversible act….
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NEGATIVE 35 mm |
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DOLBY STERIO |
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