Live and Become

Unrated

12/1/20052h 20m

Premiere Release (US)

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.

Director:

Radu Mihăileanu

Status:

Released

Language:

French

Buget:

$5,650,000.00

Revenue:

$3,691,534.00

Key words:

underdog
post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)
paris, france
love of one's life
parent child relationship
loss of loved one
refugee camp
adoption
immigration
ethiopia
trauma
rabbi
bar mitzvah
medicine
famine
tel aviv, israel
zionism
military service
studies
doctors without borders
sudan
doctor
xenophobia
1980s

Cast

Moshe Abebe

~ as ~

Schlomo (teenager)

Moshe Agazai

~ as ~

Schlomo (child)

Sirak M. Sabahat

~ as ~

Schlomo (adult)

Roni Hadar

~ as ~

Sara

Yaël Abecassis

~ as ~

Yaël

Roschdy Zem

~ as ~

Yoram Harrari

Yitzhak Edgar

~ as ~

Qès Amrah

Rami Danon

~ as ~

Papy

Meskie Shibru Sivan

~ as ~

Schlomo's Mother

Mimi Abonesh Kebede

~ as ~

Hana

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