Celia Gurevitch Jewish Community Library

This Wednesday, August 6, we will be showing an award winning, R-rated, 103 minutes long, Israeli movie from 2004 titled Walk on Water.  Last month we could not show it because of a scheduling conflict (i.e. my child was born a few days earlier.) But it worked to our advantage, because this way (showing the move in a Wednesday) those can view it, who on Thursdays are usually at the rabbi’s Torah/Talmud class.
Here is a short synopsis I picked up from IMDB.com

Eyal, an Israeli Mossad agent, is given the mission to track down and kill the very old Alfred Himmelman, an ex-Nazi officer, who might still be alive. Pretending to be a tourist guide, he befriends his grandson Axel, in Israel to visit his sister Pia. The two men set out on a tour of the country during which, Axel challenges Eyal’s values.

As with the case of multilayered movies, summaries can not really grasp the depth of the movie. There are many other themes and characters missing from the above. Not to mentioned what the message of the movie might be. With a movie like this you want to follow and untangle the lot. More importantly though you may want to ask yourself once it’s over, why the filmmakers made this movie? What did they want say, how do they view the world. I will be curious what you will think about this high quality movie.

For those who visit the library I recommend taking a look at our window, where the movie’s poster has been for a few weeks. If you do not come in, then take a peak from the outside and you will see a mirror image of the poster, as that’s how it got printed on the back side.

The movie is in English, Hebrew and German, but we will have the subtitles for everybody’s viewing and understanding pleasure. Unlike the trailer below, that is in English only.