FILM REC: "Eyes Wide Open" (Israel, 2009)
This film is simply beautiful :) There's nothing I'd add, or change, or remove. It's perfect. From directing, to acting, to script, to supporting actors, to atmoshpere, to music. The film brought me to my knees. It's pure poetry. There are no explicit scenes, they are unnecessary. The intensity of what's going on is more than enough.
Before I watched the film, I'd been a little bit hesitant because of the notion that it takes place in an orthodoxly religious environment. I'm not a fan of this kind of themes, but here, it didn't bother me at all. I'm sure that I didn't understand every single reference to customs and beliefs, but it doesn't matter. The message is universal enough to be understandable throughout the world.
My second worry was that it would draw on Brokeback Mountain. How could it not, when Brokeback was such a milestone movie? Well, it doesn't. Except that it's as good (yes, you've read it right) and as rooted in a specific mentality/times.
Moral of this story is as follows: don't let this film pass you by. It doesn't have the promotion Brokeback had, but it certainly deserves your attention. As for now there's 608 votes for it on imdb and 114,700 for Brokeback. Watch and pimp, my children, watch and pimp!
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