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  • 2010
  • Not Rated
  • New American Vision
  • 1 h 31 m
  • 2010
  • Not Rated
  • New American Vision
  • 1 h 31 m

Summary Aaron, a respectable butcher in Jerusalem’s ultra-orthodox Jewish community, is married to Rivka and is a dedicated father of four children. One day, he meets Ezri, a handsome twenty-two year old student, and soon falls in love with him. He then starts to neglect his family and community life, swept away by his love and lust for Ezri. Me...

Directed By: Haim Tabakman

Written By: Merav Doster

  • 2010
  • Not Rated
  • New American Vision
  • 1 h 31 m
  • 2010
  • Not Rated
  • New American Vision
  • 1 h 31 m

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Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
70
User Score Universal Acclaim Based on 6 User Ratings
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Summary Aaron, a respectable butcher in Jerusalem’s ultra-orthodox Jewish community, is married to Rivka and is a dedicated father of four children. One day, he meets Ezri, a handsome twenty-two year old student, and soon falls in love with him. He then starts to neglect his family and community life, swept away by his love and lust for Ezri. Me...

Directed By: Haim Tabakman

Written By: Merav Doster

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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43% Mixed
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Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Its scrupulous, humane sympathy gives this small, sorrowful film a glow of insight and a pulse of genuine, openhearted curiosity.
By A.O. Scott FULL REVIEW
70
Mostly, though, it wins with excellent performances: Strauss never overplays his character's internal tension, nor does Danker camp up his youthful virility.
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70
Quietly devastating picture reps a natural draw for gay, Jewish-interest and upscale audiences.
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63
Quiet, sober and tense, the movie makes some interesting points -- contrasting the frenzied hookups of the two men with the butcher's rote, dismal lovemaking with his wife as their bodies are carefully hidden under sheets -- but it lacks the emotional firepower of "Brokeback Mountain."
By Kyle Smith FULL REVIEW
60
To say the movie is understated is an understatement, yet it’s justified.
By Mark Keizer FULL REVIEW
60
Call it "Brokeback Talmud"--not just for its taboo-busting depiction of a gay affair between Orthodox Israelis, but because it adopts Ang Lee’s slow-burn seriousness almost to a fault.
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The observational detail is impressive and the two men's growing affection is well-drawn but Takerman's depiction of the conventions and strictures of religion and the impulses of two closeted gay men are too understated to achieve universality.
By Ray Bennett FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Pimpa Film Productions, Riva Filmproduktion, Totally, Das kleine Fernsehspiel (ZDF), ARTE, Yes, Keshet Broadcasting, Israel Film Fund, Schleswig-Holstein Film Commission, The Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports, Israel Film Council, Israeli Film Fund
Release Date Feb 5, 2010
Duration 1 h 31 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://www.salzgeber.de/dusollstnichtlieben/
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Awards

Jerusalem Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Ghent International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Awards of the Israeli Film Academy
• 2 Nominations

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