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Walk on Water, 2004
English, German, Hebrew, Italian, Turkish, Arabic
Israel, Sweden
Profile of Walk on Water
Walk on Water can be described as sincere, captivating, and suspenseful. The plot revolves around working undercover, tracking someone down, and secret agents. The main genres are drama, foreign, and thriller. In terms of style, Walk on Water has a road movie structure. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It is located in Israel and Germany. Walk on Water takes place in contemporary times. The movie has received attention for being an award winner and critically acclaimed. Note that it involves brief nudity and profanity.
Summary of Walk on Water
Eytan Fox's follow-up to his acclaimed YOSSI & JAGGER is a profound, multilayered drama hidden in the guise of a genre picture. Eyal (Lior Ashkenazi of LATE MARRIAGE) is a successful Mossad special agent whose heartlessness makes him an exceptional hit man. It also hinders his ability to connect with those closest to him. When his wife commits suicide, Eyal is thrown into a mental tailspin. His latest assignment finds him playing tour guide for two German siblings whose Nazi grandfather may or may not still be alive. Pia (Carolina Peters) has left her homeland and family out of shame for what her grandfather did, while Alex (Knut Berger) is an easygoing liberal whose open-mindedness bothers Eyal. Without realizing it, Eyal finds himself forming a close bond with Pia and Alex, until he realizes that Alex is gay. After a bitter farewell, Eyal manages to swallow his pride and visit Alex in Berlin, where he confronts his family's own awful past. In the process, the mystery surrounding Alex's criminal grandfather is revealed.
WALK ON WATER is a difficult film to categorize, addressing several major issues at once (homophobia, guilt, reconciliation with the past, politics, and more). Despite its complexity, Gal Uchovsky's assured script and Fox's sure-handed direction keep it together. Ashkenazi, Peters, and Berger also add greatly to the film, effortlessly inhabiting their characters and making them heartbreakingly three-dimensional figures.
Details
| Language: | English, German, Hebrew, Italian, Turkish, Arabic |
| Country: | Israel, Sweden |
| Release date: | 24 October 2004 |
| Runtime: | 103 min |
Cast and Crew
as Eyal
as Axel Himmelman
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Critics Reviews
The New York Times
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- by: Lawrence Van Gelder
San Francisco Chronicle
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- by: Ruthe Stein
Users Reviews
- 03.November.2008
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- by: Aliberg
- Aliberg rated this movie
9/10Amazing
- 27.August.2008
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- by: mishehu
- mishehu rated this movie6/10Okay
