Overview
A middle-aged Orthodox Jew, Aaron, living and working in Jerusalem with his wife and children, meets a homeless 19-year-old student. Aaron offers to give Ezri work as his assistant at his family's butcher shop. The two men grow close and their attraction becomes sexual. Aaron must now confront his own sexuality, his feelings for Ezri, and his obligations to his family and faith.
MovieMagicScore Overview
Auto-generatedHaim Tabakman directs this restrained 2009 drama set within Jerusalem's Orthodox Jewish community, where a married butcher takes on a young student as his assistant and finds an unexpected, forbidden attraction developing between them. The film explores the tension between desire and devotion, the weight of faith, family obligation, and the cost of honesty in a tightly bound society. Quiet and emotionally intense, it favors atmosphere and moral conflict over melodrama. With elements of romance and a meditative tone, it will resonate with viewers drawn to intimate, character-focused dramas about identity and belonging. It holds a MagicMovieScore of 6.4.
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Top Cast
Zohar Shtrauss
Aaron Fleischman
Ran Danker
Ezri
Tinkerbell
Rivka Fleischman
Tzahi Grad
Rabbi Vaisben
Isaac Sharry
Mordechai
Avi Grainik
Israel Fischer
Eva Zrihen-Attali
Sara
Haim Zanati
Ultraorthodox
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Movie Info
Release Date
May 20, 2009
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
PG-13
Genres
Drama, Romance
Director