Live And Become (Va, Vis et Deviens) (2005)
Part of the UK Jewish Film Festival
| Director: | Radu Mihaileanu |
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| Certificate: | Unknown |
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| Format: | 35mm |
| Language: | Hebrew and French with English subtitles |
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An epic story of love, survival and identity. A Christian mother forces her nine-year-old son to declare himself Jewish in order to be included in Operation Moses, the rescue mission staged by Israel to enable the Ethiopian Jewish community to escape the famine of the mid-eighties. He arrives in Israel, and, after a difficult, rebellious start, he is adopted by a French Sephardi family. He grows up fearing that his secrets will be discovered, but never forgets his real mother who stayed behind in the camp and dreams of finding her again.
Winner: Label Europa Award, Panorama Audience Award and Ecumenical Jury Prize at Berlin Film Festival, 2005.
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