Monday 29th November

Eyes Wide Open

A sober, reserved look at a passionate gay love affair in an ultra-orthodox area of Jerusalem. The men involved are Aaron, a kosher butcher with four young children (Zohar Strauss from Lebanon) and Ezri (Ran Danker), a handsome, young Talmudic student.

The movie treats this tragic affair and the intemperate, unfeeling reaction to it in the local community with tact and sympathy.

A gentle, intimate and anguished glimpse of forbidden. Tabakman manages to break taboos without resorting to a heavy-handed attack on religion. His film is sparse, sombre and curiously compelling.

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