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Unorthodox Love Powerful isn’t a strong enough word to describe Eyes Wide Open—the story of a an Orthodox Jewish man named Aaron in Jerusalem—a butcher and father of four—who welcomes a stranger, Ezri, in from the rain only to find in their relationship a passion like none he’d previously experienced. The tug-of-war between their desire for one another and the expectations of their religion and community. It may be in Hebrew (with English subtitles) but the human passion on display transcends language.
