Another movie by Ito Fox. Like many other netizens, they only watched two Israeli films, both of which were the work of this director. Compared with the 65-minute short film, the film’s smoothness is undiminished, and the discussion on ethnicity, hatred and history is more profound. I really don’t like the translated name of the Taiwanese version. It's the freshness of walking on the water that attracts me the most.
An Israeli agent eyal has been assassinating the Nazis who murdered the Jews during World War II. After performing a certain task, when he returned home, he found that his wife had committed suicide. The note left behind complained to him: You destroyed everything that was close to you. It's hard to explain the man's mood, when he received another task. An old Nazi may die because of hatred, and they will kill the old man before he dies. And the old man's grandson Axel happened to be visiting his sister in Israel, so the agent pretended to be a tour guide and approached the brother and sister.
The journey is also smooth, the sea, the blue sky, the bright sun and the weeping wall. Arabs, Jews, Germans, Palestinians, history, ethnicity, hatred and other emotions are entangled. A boy who only listens to female singers, a staid agent, a kind-hearted sister, and the country that has always been war-torn in our minds—Israel. The Bible says that there is great glory and beauty in the world, and God gave nine points to Jerusalem; there are great disasters and displacements in the world, and God gives nine points to Jerusalem. From the bottom of my heart, I really want to see this city of God. I also want to go to that famous wall and listen to the cries of history.
The work of the agent was not going well, and there was no news about the grandfather in the conversation between the siblings. He was a little tired and impetuous, but in fact he has not gotten rid of the emotions brought to him by his wife's death. He saw his wife sitting on the beach crying, and the tears on his wife's face gradually turned into tears of the child-he killed the child's father, and he didn't even know what hatred he had with that father. Is there too much killing? The tragedy of the civilized world is more than just killing!
They sit on the beach and bask in the sun. Some of Axel's eyes are wrong, but he also knows that turning a straight into a bent is actually not possible. They are floating in the so-called Dead Sea and drinking coffee by the campfire, which is also a warm scene. They went to the restaurant with Axel's sister, and went to the gaybar together, and then the man became frustrated. He just learned that this German guy is homo.
In fact, it is extremely inappropriate for some people to regard homo as the selling point of this movie. The closest thing between the two is the helpless cry of eyal and the warm comfort that axel gives him. In fact, the movie is more about exploring a view of the past. The best way for German youth to deal with World War II is not to talk about historical things, they think they have nothing to do with them. And those Jews who have lost their loved ones? Can they forget hatred completely? There are also many similar things in China and Japan.
What's more interesting is eyal's attitude towards homo. When I first knew that the guy next to me was gay, I was furious and went to my leader to judge; I was a little puzzled when I saw that axel and the Arab guy became familiar instantly; then after I arrived in Germany, I was curious about this group and a little shy. Asking questions; I don’t know what this man’s attitude looks like when he stepped forward to rescue those "sisters" in disguise. What I don't know is the last letter from eyal to axel. He dreamed that two people were walking on the water. What else did he mean?
The color of the film and the music are very warm, just like running water.
When I watched it, I felt the freshness of walking on the water.
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