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Walk on Water (2005)
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Reviews Counted: 73
Fresh: 53
Rotten:20
Average Rating: 6.5/10
Consensus: Politically complex and ambitious, Walk on Water delivers a memorable story of guilt, revenge, and human connectivity.
Theatrical Release:Mar 4, 2005 Limited
Box Office: $2,517,647
Synopsis: 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... 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. [More]
Starring: Lior Loui Ashkenazi, Knut Berger, Caroline Peters, Gideon Shemer
Starring: Lior Loui Ashkenazi, Knut Berger, Caroline Peters, Gideon Shemer, Eyal Rozzales
Director: Eytan Fox
Director: Eytan Fox
Screenwriter: Gal Uchovsky
Producer: Amir Harel
Composer: Ivri Lider
Studio: IDP Distribution
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Reviews for Walk on Water
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.
Israeli filmmaker Fox and his cast create vivid, recognisable characters who dare to grapple with untouchable topics.
An entertaining, sensitive thriller highlighted by Lior Ashkenazi, a babe magnet if there ever was one, that only falls apart with its simplistic, feel-good climax.
Fast moving and intelligent enough to hold the interest of anyone with a marginal understanding of politics and history.
An ambitious film, wrapped inside the package of a thriller, that delivers on most — if not all — of its lofty aspirations.
It’s essentially a personal drama, but the fact that it plays out within the barest framework of a genre thriller gives it a weird, appealing edge.
It’s essentially a personal drama, but the fact that it plays out within the barest framework of a genre thriller gives it a weird, appealing edge.
Ashkenazi ... (is) believable as an instrument of crude justice, a good soldier who's only just beginning to question his orders.
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