WALK ON WATER Drifts Onto Cable
Over the weekend, I caught the independent film WALK ON WATER on one of the premium movie channels. It had it's world premiere at the Berlinale in 2004. I was flipping through the channels and caught it just as it was starting. It had that independent look and feel, so I paused and got hooked.
Actors LIOR ASHKENAZI and KNUT BERGER had nuanced yet powerful performances. Berger plays the grandson of a Nazi war criminal who struggles with the stain of his bloodline. Ashkenazi is the recalcitrant Mossad agent given the task of using the grandchildren to locate the Nazi. The sexual tension and aching loneliness of the main characters is palpable on screen. I popped over to IMDB Pro to see what these actors had done since walking on water (in the Sea of Galilee, no less) and was disappointed not to find much of anything. I expected to find more. Perhaps that will change soon. I would love to have either one of them. The richness of their performances make the movie worth watching (although I was terribly disappointed with a few plot points).
