Live and Become

Live and Become

Theatrical poster
Directed by Radu Mihaileanu
Produced by Denis Carot
Marie Masmonteil
Radu Mihaileanu
Marek Rozenbaum
Itai Tamir
Written by Alain-Michel Blanc
Radu Mihaileanu
Starring Moshe Agazai
Moshe Abebe
Sirak M. Sabahat
Yael Abecassis
Roschdy Zem
Roni Hadar
Rami Danon
Raymonde Abecassis
Mimi Abonesh Kebede
Meskie Shibru-Sivan Hadar
Narrated by Patrick Descamps
Music by Armand Amar
Cinematography Rémy Chevrin
Edited by Ludo Troch
Distributed by Les Films du Losange
Release date
  • 11 February 2005 (2005-02-11) (Berlin)
  • 30 March 2005 (2005-03-30) (France)
Running time
 140 minutes
Country France
Language French
Amharic
Hebrew
Budget €5.3 million[1]
Box office $3.7 million[2]

Live and Become (French: Va, vis et deviens) is a 2005 French drama film about an Ethiopian Christian boy who disguises himself as an Ethiopian Jew to escape famine and emigrates to Israel. It was directed by Romanian-born Radu Mihăileanu. It won awards at the Cannes, Berlin and Vancouver film festivals among others.

Plot

Schlomo, an Ethiopian boy, is placed by his Christian mother with an Ethiopian Jewish woman whose child has died. This woman, who will become his adoptive mother, is about to be airlifted from a Sudanese refugee camp to Israel during Operation Moses in 1984. His birth mother, who hopes for a better life for him, tells him “Go, live, and become,” as he leaves her to get on the bus. The film tells of his growing up in Israel and how he deals with the secrets he carries: not being Jewish and having left his birth mother.

Cast

Accolades

International

Award / Film Festival Category Recipients and nominees Result
Berlin International Film Festival Panorama Audience Award (feature film) Won
Europa Cinemas Label Won
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury (Panorama) Won
César Awards Best Film Nominated
Best Director Radu Mihaileanu Nominated
Best Original Screenplay Alain-Michel Blanc and Radu Mihaileanu Won
Best Original Music Armand Amar Nominated
Copenhagen International Film Festival Best Film Won
Best Script Alain-Michel Blanc and Radu Mihaileanu Won
Cinemania (film festival) Prix du public Won
Globes de Cristal Award Best Film Nominated
Lumières Awards World Audience Award Won
Toronto International Film Festival People's Choice Award Runner-up
Vancouver International Film Festival Audience Award (international film) Won

In the United States

Audience Awards unless otherwise noted

References

  1. ↑ "Va, vis et deviens". JP's Box-Office.
  2. ↑ "Va, vis, et deviens". Box Office Mojo.
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