Live and Become

Live and Become

7.4IMDb Score
Released:2005-03-30
Genre:Drama
Duration:140 min
Director:Radu Mihăileanu
Actors:Moshe Abebe, Moshe Agazai, Sirak M. Sabahat, Roni Hadar, Yaël Abecassis
Production:France 3 Cinéma, Elzévir Films, Oï Oï Oï Productions, Cattleya, K2 SA, Transfax Film Productions, Canal+, Medusa Film, SCOPE Invest, CinéCinéma, Kiosque, Fonds Eurimages du Conseil de l'Europe, CNC, Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la FWB, MEDIA Programme of the European Union, SCOPE Pictures

Overview:

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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