The story takes place in Israel. The male number one Eyal is an agent who specializes in secret missions such as political assassinations. After a long time, it will become more or less cold and depressed. In addition, his wife commits suicide because he hates him as a killer. He was very guilty and blamed himself. The superiors considered his psychological problems, so he sent him a light job as a tour guide for the grandson of the former Nazi Axel, trying to dig out the news of his grandfather and kill him. Although Eyal was very disdainful of this task, he still obeyed the order. So when the conservative and cold man met the new HOMO youth, a series of embarrassing and interesting things happened, from Tel Aviv to Berlin. Finally, Eyal met Axel's grandfather. , What would he do?
The director is Eytan. Although he has made gay movies like "My Love in the Army", this film is obviously not counted, so those who like calcium can be discarded. This is a film to find the exit of the soul. Generally this is more difficult, because some exits can be found, and some cannot be found. Especially in a region like Israel, ethnic conflicts, religious contradictions, war hatred, Mossad, body bombs, anti-Semitism, Nazi sweeps, the artillery fire for nearly a century has not stopped, it is difficult to think about it, but Director Eytan handled it very well. He condensed all this confusion to the male number one Eyal, and said, lifting the weight lightly.
The collision between Eyal and Axel is actually a collision between Israelis and Germans, a collision between straight men and GAY, unavoidable war legacy issues, sexual orientation issues, and various cultural beliefs. Some of the topics, from miraculous legends, to circumcision, from Jewish folk dances, to extinguishing bonfires, are sensitive, some are speechless, some are hilarious, and some are worth thinking about.
The director did not deliberately search for the topic, but it happened naturally during the journey, and naturally mentioned that the director did not speak any principles, let alone impose his own point of view, but only explored a kind of universality objectively. For example, with regard to World War II, young people in Germany think that it is a matter of history and that it has nothing to do with them. If they don't know what to say, they don't say anything. The director did not give answers to some questions because he did not have answers either.
Usually, such discussions can be heavy and boring, but the director is very interesting and often makes people laugh.
The azure blue Sea of Galilee (Sea of Galilee), the Dead Sea saltier than tears, the religious holy city of Jerusalem, wandering the wailing wall of countless mourning souls, such a film, you can use it as a political film, special agent film, scenery Film, but I prefer to call it a healing film.
And in this process, the lively and cheerful Axel gave Eyal enlightenment, walking on water is more than a miracle. Even mortals, as long as they can thoroughly purify themselves, let go of bad intentions, and let go of all negative emotions, it's the same.
Pain and hatred are also negative emotions, how to deal with it? Should you carry on with your burden, or abandon it completely?
At the end of the movie, Eyal didn't start, but Axel did it for him.
This is the end of the director's wishful thinking, right? The Jews do not need to pursue history, and the Germans should also abandon the Nazis.
Although I think this ending is a bit far-fetched, has Axel considered the feelings of his parents?
However, there is no better ending. Both sides make concessions to seek the future.
Just treat it as the director’s good wishes.
After all, blood makes people sad, and war makes people weary, especially in Israel, which is a hot spot of conflict. No matter whether it is a just war or an unjust war, killing itself will never happen. It is pleasant, not to mention that there is no absolute justice in this world? Plato once pointed out that the essence of justice is only a compromise between the best and the worst. But people will always fight for the best for themselves, endlessly fighting for power and profit. The bloodshed itself has become the reason for the bloodshed.
Therefore, walking on water is easy to redeem yourself; it is difficult to redeem the world.
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