The life of a husband and father in an Orthodox Jewish community in Jerusalem is turned upside down by homosexual passion in this intimate Israeli drama. Aaron (Zohar Strauss) is a butcher known by family and colleagues alike as a righteous man, and it's initially out of charity that he gives handsome stray Ezri (Ran Danker) a job and a room above his shop. But before long, Aaron is giving in to the temptation of long-suppressed gay desires, and in such a close-knit community there's no place to hide. A controversial film owing to its particular combination of subject matter and milieu, Haim Tabakman's directorial debut is also a very clear-headed one, respectful to the community's spiritual life and traditions yet never trivialising the feelings that swamp its central character. Arguably the approach is too low-key for the audience to share the heat of passion, but the film's urgent point about the need for understanding is made with dignity and an appreciable tinge of sorrow.

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.