Rent Walk on Water (2004)
3.8 of 5 from 80 ratings
1h 43min
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- Synopsis:
Eyal is a professional hit man for the Mossad, the Israeli Secret Service, His newest mission is to track down the ex-Nazi officer Alfred Himmelman rumored to be still alive. Eyal spies on Himmelman's granddaughter, now living out in Israel after turning her back on her family in Germany. Eyal poses as a personal tour guide and takes her visiting brother Axel from the historical sights of Jerusalem to the shores of the Dead Sea. Soon after Axel's return to Germany, the Mossad suspects that Himmelman could come out of hiding for Axel's father's upcoming birthday party. Eyal is sent to Germany, where he must get closer to Axel in order to discover the truth about the notorious family. Uncharacteristically vulnerable since his ex-wife's recent death, professional killer Eyal will also have to discover certain truths about himself... - Actors:
- Lior Ashkenazi, Knut Berger, Caroline Peters, Gideon Shemer, Carola Regnier, Hanns Zischler, Ernest Lenart, Eyal Rozales, Yousef 'Joe' Sweid, Imad Jabarin, Sivan Sasson, Natali Shilman, Hugo Yarden, Joshua Simon, Tom Rahav
- Directors:
- Eytan Fox
- Writers:
- Gal Uchovsky
- Studio:
- Redbus
- Genres:
- Drama, Lesbian & Gay, Thrillers
- Countries:
- Israel
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Reviews (2) of Walk on Water
The Sins of the Fathers - Walk on Water review by CH
Crimes without punishment. Can each new generation create his own destiny without fear of retribution, or are we forever condemned to live persecuted by echoes of the crimes and complicities of our fathers? And who shall cast the first stone upon them? A thoughtful film that mirrors modern society still writhing and seething with the heritage of WW2.
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Excellent 2004 Israeli film with a Gay/Nazi Theme and Hamas feature too - Walk on Water review by PV
This is an excellent Israeli film from 2004. It starts brilliantly,. No spoilers but it shows how HAMAS was a problem back then, organising suicide bomber attacks in Israel. HAMAS is nothing new.
It progresses well, with the actor playing the Mossad agent utterly believable.
Rather contrived and convenient events perhaps challenge believability, re his wife and the ease of taking a gun on a plane etc.
The Nazi element is perhaps a tad unbelievable BUT sort of works. Maybe.
Then right at the end, this goes turbo, with UTTERLY unbelievable plot developments. A great shame. That was a jump-the-shark plot point too far for me.
The German characters are hardly believable as they seem to be aristocracy really, so unlikely the son will work for peanuts as a woke liberal teacher of immigrant kids and the daughter in a leftist kibbutz YEAH RIGHT.
The director seems to focus entirely on gay life in Israel - I have watched his YOSSI AND JAGGER film previously. That can be limiting, I think. But other directors are limited in what they make too as are writers so... not just him.
Anyway, I loved this film until the very end. Then I cringed. SO unbelievable. ALL spoilt then, i just did not believe the Mossad agent hardcase character would behave like that and...well. NO SPOILERS!!!
So 4 stars
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