Now we have a place to go, not like before, you know? For a long time I was looking for reasons why the topic of relations between modern Germans and Israelis turned out to be so relevant in Israeli cinema in 2004. Apparently, it’s just a coincidence that “Walking on Water” and “Metallic Blues” came out in the same year.
But back to our movie. Two friends, a used car salesman and his subordinate, are transported from Israel to Germany, just bought from a Canadian Arab Lincoln in 1985, the color of blue metallic. The car went to them for a pittance, and friends hope to make good money on it. But the journey becomes the backdrop for the inner experiences of the heroes: one of them has a family that went through the Holocaust, and he thinks of Germany with horror; the other does not know what to expect from a foreign and alien country.
That's what the movie "Kinopoisk" describes. It seems to me that the accents are incorrectly placed here, because the journey itself was interesting, funny and very watchable. But with internal experiences, something happened. In one, all experiences are limited to disgust for non-kosher food, and the second everywhere sees stoves and goods with people, and it is served somehow cliched and “untasteful”. Instead, the film becomes a simple narrative about karma, overtaken by two Israeli hapers and lovers of cheating on a simpleton and selling at a higher price. That is, in fact, one of them. Can you guess the Sephardi (Eastern Jew) or Ashkenazi (European Jew)? Wrong guess. Because they're there and there. Well, in this movie it's -- . . . no spoilers.
I loved the final scene, it was emotionally complete. And in general, if you are interested in the topic of the “genetic guilt” of the Germans towards the Jews, then “Walking on Water” is still stronger. Metallic blues has become a more entertaining experience for me.