Eyal is an Israeli Mossad agent and an expert assassin. His supervisor gives him an unwanted assignment to babysit Axel Himmelman, the grandson to a notorious Nazi. He rather pursue Arab terrorist than settling old scores with dying Nazis. He is pretend to be a tour guide as Axel goes to Israel to visit his sister Pia. Pia is estranged from her parents and living on a kibbutz. Axel is a liberal homosexual who challenges Eyal's beliefs and cynical world view.This is a rather slow simplistic movie of peace. It could be something more but the movie keeps things simple. In the end, love will conquer all and can't we just get along? The most interesting part is that it doesn't go too far. It seems to be hinting that Eyal is falling for Axel for parts of this movie. I'm glad that they don't but ending with Eyal and Pia together isn't much better. They have less chemistry than Eyal and Axel. I'm not immune to the idea of a happy ending but this feels a little lacking. It's a partial recommendation for me.

"Walk on Water" from 2004 is the story of two men from different cultures. Eyal is an Israeli Mossad agent, and his assignment is to locate an old Nazi officer, Alfred Himmelman, and kill him. Though he's supposed to be dead, there is intelligence that he is still alive. Eyal is emotionally closed off. He is the child of a Holocaust survivor, and his wife has recently committed suicide. In the beginning of the film, we see him murder a major figure in Hamas.He objects strenuously to his latest assignment, which is to locate an old Nazi, Alfred Himmelman, and kill him. This means he has to go undercover and befriend Himmelman's grandson, a gay German. At one point, Axel suggests that Eyal visit Germany, and Eyal tells him that's not going to happen. Axel is in Israel to see his sister Pia. Eyal's cover is that of a tourist guide. As the story unfolds, both men learn a lot about themselves and each other, and how their cultures have influenced them. The friendship they develop changes both men.This is surprisingly a low-key film, with the characters acting very naturally. Lior Ashkenazi is excellent as Eyal, as is Knut Berger as Axel. As a result, the characters come across as very real and it makes the story believable.The director, Eytan Fox, worked with the writer Gal Uchovsky to create two men so diametrically different, it's impossible to think that they could be friends.There are some very powerful scenes, particularly the one in Axel's home. I imagine a lot of people don't like the ending, which seems pat, but I liked it anyway. Thought-provoking film, well acted, well directed, and well photographed.

This was a really cute movie! Very touchy and warm human story. The story that answers a lot of questions we are afraid of: love and hate, judging and forgiving while, opening some very serious taboo topics. Also, it suggests the pattern on how can the good person become bad and vice-versa. It involves emotions rather than a twisted plot, so while sucking you in, the movie moves you pretty much. Excellent acting and really good casting, especially on the main character! Clever development of the characters and their mutual relations in the movie is pretty good! I would highly recommend this movie to anyone, it is hard not to appreciate it.

This movie reminds me of Munich, though it's actually made by an Israeli, is better, and came first. It's the story of Eyal, an assassin sent to host a German tourist named Axel in order to discover the whereabouts of Axel's grandfather, an escaped Nazi that the Israeli's want brought to justice. As the two get to know each other, though, they spark up a friendship that contrasts against the violent and disturbing contemporary world of daily suicide bombings and the estranged, powerful history of the Holocaust.As the story proceeds, characters are made of small moments of dialog and big revelations as the two grind against the edge of hate and love and try to figure out what their role assumes in this world. This movie is very revealing of the Israelite's own role in the violence of the particular area and era, and also analysis the way hate threads itself through history to haunt the futures of even the most self-assured, open-minded people.Unfortunately, it also has a very sentimental ending which almost subverts the power of the movie as a whole. But everything preceding it, especially the scenes involving the Nazi grandparent himself, vastly overweighs the film and maintains a sense of pained hope.--PolarisDiB