Live and Become (2005)

Original title

Va, vis et deviens

Directed by

Radu Mihăileanu

Genre

drama film

Country

Israel, France, Italy, Belgium

Runtime

2h 15m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 201 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An Ethiopian Christian boy pretends to be Jewish to leave his country during a famine. He goes to Israel and grows up there keeping his secret.

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What happens

Live and Become (French: Va, vis et deviens) is a 2005 French drama film about an Ethiopian Christian boy who is infiltrated among Ethiopian Jews in order to escape famine and to emigrate to Israel. The film follows his growing up and living as a Jew in Israel. It was directed by Romanian-born Radu Mihăileanu. It won awards at the Berlin and Vancouver and other film festivals. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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