Walk On Water (2005)
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72% of critics liked it
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85% of users liked it
(5,620 ratings)
An Israeli agent with a license to kill is thrown off his game by two people who challenge his deeply held assumptions in this drama. Eyal (Lior Ashkenazi) is an agent with Mossad, the Israeli intelligence and security force. A man capable of making snap moral judgments but unwilling to reveal his… More An Israeli agent with a license to kill is thrown off his game by two people who challenge his deeply held assumptions in this drama. Eyal (Lior Ashkenazi) is an agent with Mossad, the Israeli intelligence and security force. A man capable of making snap moral judgments but unwilling to reveal his emotions, Eyal has been burying himself in his often bloody work since the death of his wife. Eyal's latest assignment is to try to learn the whereabouts of a Nazi war criminal; as it happens, his granddaughter Pia (Carolina Peters) is in Israel spending time on a kibbutz, and when he learns that her brother Axel (Knut Berger) is coming to visit her, Eyal goes undercover as a tour guide in order to get to know them without arousing suspicion. Eyal finds himself taken with Pia, who displays a warmth and openness he's never expected to find in a German. At the same time, Eyal discovers Axel is gay and doesn't care who knows about it, and as Eyal gets to know him he finds himself torn between his genuine fondness for Axel and his long-standing homophobia. Walk on Water was directed by Eytan Fox, who earned international acclaim for his story of two gay men in the Israeli army, Yossi & Jagger. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Eytan Fox
- Written By
- Gal Uchovsky
- Genres
- Drama, Art House & International, Mystery & Suspense
R,
- In Theaters
- Mar 4, 2005 Limited
- Studio
- Roadside Attractions
Critic Reviews
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Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Terrific Israeli drama.
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Marta Barber, Miami Herald
The film deals with many serious issues, some of them only superficially, but Fox places them all in the context of the growing friendship between the two opposites.
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Kerry Lengel, Arizona Republic
Affecting performances by the cast place those abstract issues firmly in the human world.
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Jeff Strickler, Minneapolis Star Tribune
This movie already has enough topics on the table. As a result, none gets the attention it deserves.
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Prairie Miller, Long Island Press
The negotiation of each character's burdensome collective history as they try to figure out how to proceed into a more rational future, makes for engaging and articulate multinational storytelling.
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Cast
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Lior Ashkenazi
as Eyal
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Knut Berger
as Axel Himmelman
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Carolina Peters
as Pia Himmelman
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Gidon Shemer
as Menachem
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Carola Regnier
as Axel's Mother
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Ernst Lenart
as Axel's Father
- Hanns Zischler
- Eyal Rozales
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Gidon Shemer Yousef
as Joe
- Lior Louie Ashkenazi
- Caroline Peters
- Eyal Rozzales
- Ernest Lenart
- Gideon Shemer
- Imad Jabarin
- Yousef 'Joe' Sweid
