Walk on WaterWalk on Water

"Walk on Water is an Isreali movie about a secret agent put on a mission find a very old former Nazi.  This Nazi had killed many people in the agent's commander's town during WWII.  The secret agent's real name is Menachem but is referred to as Gidon because it is his cover name.  Gidon is shown discreetly assassinating a man with poison in front of his family.  After being congratulated by his superiors and fellow colleagues his boss asks him to assassinate the former Nazi because his grandson and granddaughter will be near by in Israel.  Gidon poses as a tour guide and gets to know the two relatives of the Nazi.  He plants bugs but doesn't get much useful information.  He is frustrated and tries to get out of the case with no avail and uses the grandson's homosexuality as an excuse.  He starts to get to know the grandson and granddaughter but after the grandson picks up a man at a gay club.  Tensions between Gidon and him rise and he bargains a jacket down to a low price even though the grandson insists that the price is fine.  Things begin to get awkward after that but Gidon talks to him about being German and visiting Israel and how he feels about it.  The make amends and Gidon is invited to a party with the grandfather's family.  The grandfather shows up as a surprise and Gidon drives away but returns to kill him.  He can't bring himself to do and says he just cannot kill anymore.  The Nazi's grandson sees him then kills the grandfather for him knowing he is a Nazi and is deeply offended by what he has done in the past.  The movie finishes fast forwarded 2 years, Gidon is married with two children married to the Nazi's granddaughter.  Gidon and the grandson remained good friends.

          A theme in this film is being oneself.  The grandson Axel was himself from a very young age.  He would proclaim how he was gay and was proud of it.  On the other hand, Gidon had trouble being himself and letting his emotions out.  Even when his wife killed herself he went to work the next day.  In many of the movies we watched, there were characters that were opposites and they both learn from each other.  This movie is no different.
          I found myself to not be a huge fan of this movie.  I didn't really get into it and found the Axel's acting to be sub par.  Whether it was because English was his second language and he had trouble putting emphasis on words, or something else.  I thought his acting was not as natural as other characters.  I didn't find the movie very compelling to watch.