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Walk on Water | 
 enlarge | Director: Eytan Fox
Actors: Lior Ashkenazi, Knut Berger, Caroline Peters, Gideon Shemer, Carola Regnier
Studio: Sony Pictures
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Format: Ac-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: Arabic (Original Language), English (Original Language), German (Original Language), Hebrew (Original Language), Italian (Original Language), Turkish (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 99
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 103 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: COLD11105D
ISBN: 1404982353
UPC: 043396111059
EAN: 9781404982352
Theatrical Release Date: March 4, 2005
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
An unusual psychological spy thriller, Walk on Water follows Israeli agent Eyal (Lior Ashkenazi, from the superb romance Late Marriage) as he tries to learn from a German brother and sister (Knut Berger, Push and Pull, and Caroline Peters, Schone Frauen) whether or not their grandfather, a Nazi commander, is still alive--but his growing friendship with the pair forces him to grapple with his wife's suicide only months before. Walk on Water grapples with racial prejudice and homophobia without once seeming preachy; surprisingly, the spy storyline introduces these issues naturally, as Eyal's hostility towards Arabs and his blithe view of Nazi war criminals are central to his character. Ashkenazi is charismatic and subtle; his bedroom eyes and understated smolder make him something of an Israeli Clive Owen. Don't buy Walk on Water expecting James Bond spectacle, but the excellent performances, intelligent script, and quiet tension will draw you into this thoughtful and emotionally nuanced movie. In English, with a few subtitled scenes in Hebrew and German. --Bret Fetzer
Product Description
An experienced mossad assassin is sent to eliminate an aging nazi war criminal. During his mission he makes an unusual discovery uncovering his own past & forging a remarkable friendship. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 01/22/2008 Run time: 103 minutes Rating: R
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| Customer Reviews: Read 50 more reviews...
 Exceptional Movie February 1, 2009
Mark A. Lewis (Norcross, Georgia USA)
A very intense drama that sneaks up on you with its seriousness and rewards you with a satisfying resolution at the end. Well worth a look !
 Interesting film January 30, 2009
M. Rolfs (Stockholm,Sweden)
I have enjoyed all Eytan Fox's movies. He always selects good actors/actresses that bring excellent life to their characters. Walk on water gives an interesting view into doubts that lead to a complete reversal of lifevalues. At the same time there are others that are portrayed as keeping on to values that have festered since they haven't been open and therefore torn a family apart.
Brilliant movie! January 24, 2009
Ms. Yvonne Greene (Banbury, oxon United Kingdom)
This is a great movie and one that actually deserved the awards that it won. The characters are developed and interesting - the viewer starts to care about them. They are not stereotyped, but individuals. The film is a mixture of action, good dialogue and moving emotional scenes. I have shown it to all of my friends (Jewish and non Jewish) and they have all loved it and wanted to watch it again to savour the tiny details which they may have missed the first time.
It is filmed in a mixture of Hebrew, English and German.
Lior Ashkenazi is now a sex symbol in his native Israel and after watching this film you will see why - a really engaging, empathetic star.
Highly recommended!
Mel Gibson, Where Are You? January 16, 2009
David Schweizer (Kansas, USA)
Yes, this film is annoyingly predictable. Yes, it has all the politically correct sentimentality that has made movie-going such a bore, but in the end the film says something and says it well. If Mel Gibson had been in the lead, I predict it would have been a blockbuster. Instead, it is a quiet, decent little morality play. The gayness of the brother seems gratuitous, and leads nowhere, but it is not as offensive as others have suggested and it does not spin the movie in a new direction as one might have anticipated. Instead, the issue is brought up and then disappears, creating a sub theme of no consequence. One was waiting for something connecting gender and morality, possibly undermining our notions of masculinity and morality, but this is dropped. The main theme of guilt and dread and forgiveness plays out toward an end that works. I happen to think that the central plot really works, although it does depend on the obtuseness and naivete of the brother who never suspects the Mossad agent, although his clever mother has her suspicions right away. The acting is absolutely acceptable if not thrilling and we can thank our lucky starts that the thing was not ruined by Hollywood hype. Instead, all creative parties concerned can take pride in having fashioned a nice little morality play for our time.
 Israel Comes Out of the Closet November 28, 2008
Thomas Lee (Outside Phila, PA)
0 out of 9 found this review helpful
This film is a pro-gay film masquerading as a thriller. While Israel struggles for survival as a Jewish State, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni wants to substitute Israel as a a homosexual haven in the eastern Mediterranean. This film should help and please the Europeans, too.
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