Saturday,
February 26 at 8:00pm
The
Israeli Film Festival of Greater Philadelphia selects, promotes,
and screens prize winning films from the latest crop of the
Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Haifa
film
festivals. The IFF showcases a variety of films – documentaries,
feature films, and television dramas, to expose audiences to
the vibrant Israeli film industry whose unflinching lens entertains
and provokes.
Israeli
Film Festival of Greater Philadelphia presents
Walk
on Water
dir.
Eytan Fox, Israel, 2004, 35mm, 104 mins, color, Hebrew w/ English
subtitles
Director
Eytan Fox in person
 A
hit man for Mossad is given the mission to track down the very
old Alfred Himmelman, an ex Nazi officer, who might be still
alive. Pretending to be a tourist guide he befriends his grandson
Axel, in Israel to visit his sister. He wants to convince her
to come back to Germany for their Fathers birthday party. The
two men set out on an extended tour
of
the country during which, Axel’s frank and open attitude challenges
Eyal’s rigid, clichéd values. Their friendship grows until he
learns of Axel’s homosexuality. With this final straw he leaves.
To finish his mission Eyal
has to go to Germany. He meets Axel once more and succeeds in
being invited to the family party where secrets will be revealed.
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