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Eyes Wide Open (Hebrew: עיניים פקוחות, translit. Einayim Pkuhot) is a 2009 Israeli film. This script was written by the Israeli script-writer Merav Doster. It is the first film of the Israeli film director Haim Tabakman. The film was released in the UK on May 14, 2009 by Peccadillo Pictures The film and was co-produced in Israel, France and Germany.
Aaron, a married Orthodox Jewish father of four living in Jerusalem, takes over his family’s butcher shop after the recent death of his father. Ezri, a nineteen year old homeless Yeshiva student, visits the shop to use the telephone. After turning down Ezri's offer to help around the shop, he later finds Ezri asleep in the local synagogue and offers him space to stay at the shop. Aaron takes Ezri on as an apprentice and encourages his religious studies and his talent for drawing.
The two men become close after Ezri invites Aaron to take a ritual bath in the outskirts of the city. Rivka, Aaron’s devoted wife, initially welcomes her husband’s apprentice into their family circle. One evening after Aaron asks Ezri to draw his portrait, Ezri makes a sexual advance, which Aaron rebuffs. Later, however they kiss and begin a sexual relationship. Rivka becomes suspicious when her husband begins to arrive late at home. Rabbi Vaisben, a family friend, warns Aaron against associating too closely with Ezri, reporting that he was expelled from his local yeshiva, but Aaron defends him. Rivka, increasingly concerned, sees them leaving the shop together late at night. Being a devout religious man, living in a Haredi community, Aaron is torn between his family and devotion to God, and the intense feelings he has for Ezri .
Studied the cracks in the wall
The tile and my boot lace
I heard the echoes down the hall
A woman cried out in labor
And the lights were painfully bright when they brought you to me
But I could see clearly the first time I saw you
My Eyes were Wide Open the first time I saw you
And my heart was yours
Now the days roll by like storm clouds
And six is soon seven
There's questions like 'how far is it to heaven?'
And 'can angels really fly?'
'cause in your eyes I have all the answers
Well I don't but for you I always try
'cause I could see clearly the first time I saw you
My Eyes were Wide Open the first time I saw you
And my heart was yours
So walk with me slowly
Come sit with me a while
Don't rush into tomorrow
Take your time be a child
And if ever I disappoint you
Or if we should disagree
Please don't forget how much you mean to me
Cause I believe in you
Your love is real
And I could see clearly the first time I saw you
My Eyes were Wide Open the first time I saw you