A married man and father, a successful basketball coach, is drawn into an affair with a young woman while trying to juggle family life, career, and uncontrollable desire.
As the film unfolds, the gap between his public image and his inner emptiness and confusion is gradually exposed.
This is a sharp and painful film by Uri Zohar about masculinity, guilt, and the search for meaning, widely regarded as one of the most important and daring works in Israeli cinema.
An especially compelling aspect of the making of Big Eyes is how closely it mirrored Zohar’s own life. While working on the film, he was at the height of his public success yet in the midst of a deep personal crisis, and the film became a kind of merciless cinematic confession.
Many saw the protagonist as a transparent alter ego of Zohar himself, and the film’s raw emotional exposure caused a public stir upon its release.
In retrospect, Big Eyes is often seen as foreshadowing the dramatic turning point in Zohar’s life, just a few years
before he left the world of cinema and entertainment altogether.
