אייל, סוכן מוסד, מקבל הוראה "ללוות" את אקסל, שבא לבקר את אחותו שבחרה לגור בארץ. אקסל הוא נכדו של פושע נאצי שמדינת ישראל לא ויתרה על ניסיונותיה ללכוד אותו ולהעמידו לדין. אייל ואקסל מטיילים בארץ, ובמהלך הטיול מתחילה להירקם מערכת יחסים וחברות אשר במהלכה מגלה כל אחד את המורכבות שבקשר, את השפעת הזיכרון והעבר המעיק, ואת הצורך להמשיך וליצוק תוכן ומהות לחייהם כאנשים צעירים.
Eyal (Lior Ashkenazi), grew up to be a tough Israeli "Mossad" agent. Axel (Knut Berger) is a sweet natured German gay man, and the grandson of a famous Nazi thought still to be living secretly somewhere in South America. When Axel comes to Israel to visit his sister, who has rebelliously left her family, Eyal is assigned to be his tour guide, as part of a "Mossad" last attempt to find Axel's grandfather. The two travel throughout Israel together and an unexpected close friendship develops. The unfamiliar emotions the men experience in Israel are merely an introduction to the trying and challenging events awaiting them later in Germany, when Eyal "visits" Axel in Berlin. A visit that forces each of them to face and question the meaning and the kind of life they lead.
ללכת על המים, internationally known as WALK ON WATER, phonetically read as LALEHET AL HAMAYIM in Hebrew, it is a film of intelligent direction and story. Some critiques found its ending implausible but to me, it's the exact contrast. If they only paid attention to every line that has been uttered by each actor, I am sure they'll take back their cynical views. If only the two lead actors went further than their close friendship, I am sure that it would bring so much more excitement to the film.
(In HEBREW, ENGLISH & GERMAN with ENGLISH subtitles)
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