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Live and Become

Original title: Va, vis et deviens

  • Movie
  • 2005
  • NR
  • 2h 20m

Directed by Radu Mihăileanu

7.4

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7.4 out of 10 from 208 votes

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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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Cast and crew

  • Moshe AbebeSchlomo (teenager)

  • Moshe AgazaiSchlomo (child)

  • Sirak M. SabahatSchlomo (adult)

  • Roni Hadar

    Roni HadarSara

  • Yaël Abecassis

    Yaël AbecassisYaël

  • Roschdy Zem

    Roschdy ZemYoram Harrari

  • Yitzhak EdgarQès Amrah

  • Rami DanonPapy

  • Meskie Shibru Sivan

    Meskie Shibru SivanSchlomo's Mother

  • Mimi Abonesh KebedeHana

  • Raymonde AbecassisSusy

  • Shmil Ben Ari

    Shmil Ben AriDirecteur internat

  • Shlomo Vishinsky

    Shlomo VishinskyLe policier

  • Lana Ettinger

    Lana EttingerTali adulte

  • Marek Rozenbaum

    Marek RozenbaumLe fonctionnaire israélien 2

  • Meir Swissa

    Meir SwissaLe docteur français

  • Shaul Mizrahi

    Shaul MizrahiPère palestinien

  • Gal HoybergerLieutenant

Director
Radu Mihăileanu
Writer
Alain-Michel Blanc and Radu Mihăileanu
Music
Armand Amar
Cinematography
Rémy Chevrin