Live and Become (2005)

Name: Live and Become
Director: Radu Mihăileanu
Genre: Drama
Released: 2005-03-30
Duration: 2 h 20 min
Cast: Moshe Abebe, Moshe Agazai, Sirak M. Sabahat, Roni Hadar

Drama

Director: Radu Mihăileanu

Cast: Moshe Abebe, Moshe Agazai, Sirak M. Sabahat, Roni Hadar

Runtime140 min

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In 1980, the black Falashas in Ethiopia are recognised as genuine Jews and are secretly carried to Israel. The day before the transport the son of a Jewish mother dies. In his place and with his name (Schlomo) she takes a Christian 9-year-old boy.

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Live and Become is a 2005 French drama film about an Ethiopian Christian boy who disguises himself as an Ethiopian Jew to escape famine and emigrates to Israel. It was directed by Romanian-born Radu Mihăileanu. It won awards at the Berlin and Vancouver film festivals among others.