Eyes Wide Open

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Call Number: DVD FLC-HEB Eyes
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Zohar Strauss, Ran Danker, Ravit 'Tinkerbell' Rozen.
Aaron, a butcher and devout family man in Jerusalem's ultraorthodox Jewish community, has his quiet life interrupted when Erzi, a handsome, young Yeshiva student, happens on his shop. Intrigued by the young man, Aaron offers Erzi a job and becomes his friend and mentor. The two grow closer, and soon other feelings surface. As their forbidden desire grows, Aaron begins to neglect his business and his family. But guilt, torment, and pressure from the community lead him to make a radical decision.
DVD ; NTSC ; widescreen.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

An Unwinnable Struggle submitted by pkooger on March 21, 2011, 1:07pm Viewers with a limited knowledge of Orthodox Judaism probably won't understand what's going on in this movie very much. The motivations, emotions, worldview, and entire lives of all the characters in this movie are intrinsically affected by religious traditions that are not explained in any way for an outside viewer. Really, the strongest feeling that I took away was a feeling of claustrophobia for the two main characters. Given the choice of a settled life like that of Aaron, a business owner and Erzi, a homeless transient, I would much rather be homeless. What a nightmare.