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Walk On Water Details

2005 Certificate 15 Certificate 15 (TBC)
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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 .. Read more

Starring Lior Ashkenazi, Knut Berger, Caroline Peters, Gideon Shemer
Director Eytan Fox
Genres Drama, Gay/Lesbian, World Cinema

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Walk On Water

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
Director Eytan Fox
Studio LIONS GATE HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 44 mins
Watch now: 1 hr 44 mins
Certificate DVD: Certificate 15, Watch Online: Certificate 15 (TBC)
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
  • Critics' reviews (2) of Walk On Water

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  • This movie's quiet intelligence sneaks up on you, marking the director as a talent to watch

    • New York Times
  • Excellent performances that feel real and familiar

    • Empire
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  • 13 out of 15 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    candy-coated issues

    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 wife’s suicide eventually hits him. But there is righteous anger too, as liberal, loving, gay Alex shows for Germany’s Nazi past and today's neo-fascists. This film is pleasant and comforting, as well as thought-provoking, though sometimes is a tad credulous.

    • PeterSays
      • PeterSays from Romsey
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  • 6 out of 6 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    Not what I expected - amazing!

    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.

      • ZannaG from London
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    • Walk On Water
      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 ...