Merav Doster Articles

Distributed by New American Vision, Eyes Wide Open will stay one more week at New York City's Cinema Village. Directed by Haim Tabakman and written by Merav Doster, the forbidden gay love story set among Israel's ultra-orthodox Jewish community — where homosexuality isn't exactly welcome — stars Zohar Shtrauss and Ran Danker. The information below is from the film's press release. Aaron, a respectable butcher [...]

Directed by Haim Tabakman and written by Merav Doster, Eyes Wide Open is a gay love story set in Jerusalem's "ultra-orthodox" Jewish community — in other words, in a society in which homosexuality is anything but acceptable. Here's the synopsis from the Eyes Wide Open press release: "Aaron, a respectable butcher in Jerusalem's ultra-orthodox Jewish community is married to Rivka and is a dedicated father [...]