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Live and Become
Live and Become

Live and Become

2005 140 min ★ 7.4 Drama

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

Moshe Abebe

Schlomo (teenager)

Moshe Agazai

Schlomo (child)

Sirak M. Sabahat

Schlomo (adult)

Roni Hadar

Sara

Yaël Abecassis

Yaël Abecassis

Yaël

Roschdy Zem

Roschdy Zem

Yoram Harrari

Yitzhak Edgar

Qès Amrah

Rami Danon

Papy

Meskie Shibru Sivan

Meskie Shibru Sivan

Schlomo's Mother

Mimi Abonesh Kebede

Hana

Details

Director

Radu Mihăileanu

Screenplay

Alain-Michel Blanc

Status

Released

Original Language

FR

Budget

$5,650,000

Revenue

$3,691,534

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

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