Walk on Water

        

       Walk on Water is an Israeli film released in 2004. When the movie just began, I was attracted right away by the main character Eyal who is a hitman works as an agent in Mossad. The actor is named Lior Ashkenazi who is an award-winning Israeli screen and stage actor. I enjoyed watching it a lot. For a film set in three different countries (Turkey, Israel and Germany), Walk on Water really stroke my attention.

        Eyal goes back home from a successful hit in Istanbul. The sad thing is that he finds his wife Iris has committed suicide. A month later, he still refuses  to receive trauma therapy. At this time, Eyal is assigned by his boss to pretend as a personal tour guide for a young German named Axel. This young man comes to visit his sister Pia on a kibbutz. Eyal’s task is to spy on the sister and her younger brother and hoping that either of them will drop some clues related to their ex-Nazi grandfather. However, Eyal has difficulty accepting Axel's wild attitudes and his open homosexuality. Dramatically, when he follows Axel to Germany to attend his father's 70th birthday, Eyal awares that there is a lot of things that both he and Axel have to learn from each other, as their life roles’ changing dramatically.

        At the beginning, Lior Ashkennazi (Eyal) who is wary-eyed, olive-skinned, and hawkishly handsome, brought me so concentrated into the first Israel movie I’ve ever seen. Later on, the actors and actress’ strong performances impressed me indeed. As far as I am concerned, Eyal and Axel are completely different person. Axel ‘s delicateness and magnanimity make Eyal think comparing to his rage. Strongly recommended!