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 .. Read more
| Starring | Lior Ashkenazi, Knut Berger, Caroline Peters, Gideon Shemer |
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| Director | Eytan Fox |
| Genres | Drama, Gay/Lesbian, World Cinema |
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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 realising it, Eyal finds himself forming a close bond with Pia and Alex, until he realises 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.
| Starring | Lior Ashkenazi, Knut Berger, Caroline Peters, Gideon Shemer, Hanns Zischler, Ernest Lenart, Carola Regnier |
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| Director | Eytan Fox |
| Studio | LIONS GATE HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 44 mins Watch now: 1 hr 44 mins |
| Certificate | DVD: |
| Genres | Drama, Gay/Lesbian, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: English Watch Online: English, German, Hebrew, Italian, Turkish, Arabic |
| Dubbed | German, Hebrew |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | Watch Online: English |
| Released | DVD: 30 Jan 2006 Watch now: 05 Oct 2009 Production year: 2005 |
| Watch now | £2.49 |
| Format | DVD |
This movie's quiet intelligence sneaks up on you, marking the director as a talent to watch
Excellent performances that feel real and familiar
This is a heart-warming, optimistic film; perhaps naively optimistic. It hopes that the bigoted and intolerant will tire of conflict and cruelty once the tragic consequences of their attitudes and actions come home to roost. This happens for hit-man Eyal when the enormity of his wifes suicide eventually hits him. But there is righteous anger too, as liberal, loving, gay Alex shows for Germanys Nazi past and today's neo-fascists. This film is pleasant and comforting, as well as thought-provoking, though sometimes is a tad credulous.
A very simple film which, with no whizzy effects but kept us spellbound.
It has kept me both myself and my partner thinking all week.