Live and Become
{{Infobox film
| name = Live and Become
| image = LiveAndBecomePoster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical poster
| director = Radu Mihaileanu
| producer = Denis Carot
Marie Masmonteil
Radu Mihaileanu
Marek Rozenbaum
Itai Tamir
| writer = Alain-Michel Blanc
Radu Mihaileanu
| narrator = Patrick Descamps
| starring =Mekonet Ageza
Moshe Abebe
Sirak M. Sabahat
Yael Abecassis
Roschdy Zem
Roni Hadar
Rami Danon
Raymonde Abecassis
Mimi Abonesh Kebede
Meskie Shibru-Sivan Hadar
| music = Armand Amar
| cinematography = Rémy Chevrin
| editing = Ludo Troch
| distributor = Les Films du Losange
| released = {{Film date|2005|2|11|Berlin|2005|3|30|France|df=yes}}
| runtime = 140 minutes
| language = French
Amharic
Hebrew
| budget = €5.3 million{{cite web|url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=788|title=Va, vis et deviens |work=JP's Box-Office}}
| gross = $3.7 million{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&wk=2005W13&id=_fVA,VIS,ETDEVIENS01|title=Va, vis, et deviens |work=Box Office Mojo}}
}}
Live and Become ({{langx|fr|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 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
- Moshe Agazai as Child Schlomo
- Moshe Abebe as Teenage Schlomo
- Sirak M. Sabahat as Adult Schlomo
- Yael Abecassis as Yael Harrari
- Roschdy Zem as Yoram Harrari
- Roni Hadar as Sarah
- Rami Danon as Papy
- Raymonde Abecassis as Suzy
- Mimi Abonesh Kebede as Hana
- Meskie Shibru-Sivan Hadar as Schlomo's mother
- Yitzhak Edgar as Qes Amhra
- Aaron Vodovoz as Kibbutz Boy
Accolades
=International=
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! scope="col"|Award / Film Festival ! scope="col"|Category ! scope="col"|Recipients and nominees ! scope="col"|Result |
| rowspan=3|Berlin International Film Festival
|Panorama Audience Award (feature film) ! | {{won}} |
| Europa Cinemas Label
! | {{won}} |
| Prize of the Ecumenical Jury (Panorama)
! | {{won}} |
| rowspan=4|César Awards
! | {{nom}} |
| Best Director
| {{nom}} |
| Best Original Screenplay
|Alain-Michel Blanc and Radu Mihaileanu | {{won}} |
| Best Original Music
| {{nom}} |
| rowspan=2|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 ! | {{nom}} |
| Lumières Awards
|World Audience Award ! | {{won}} |
| Toronto International Film Festival
|People's Choice Award ! | {{nom|Runner-up}} |
| Vancouver International Film Festival
|Audience Award (international film) ! | {{won}} |
=In the United States=
Audience Awards unless otherwise noted
- Boston Jewish Film Festival
- Washington Jewish Film Festival
- Miami Jewish Film Festival
- Atlanta Jewish Film Festival
- Detroit Jewish Film Festival (Best Film)
- San Diego Jewish Film Festival
- Orange County Jewish Film Festival
- Palm Desert Jewish Film Festival
- Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival
- Tampa Jewish Film Festival
- Seattle Jewish Film Festival
- Cleveland International Film Festival
- Nashville Film Festival
- Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival
- Detroit Jewish Film Festival (Audience Award)
- Washington DC International Film Festival (Runner-Up)
- Aspen Filmfest
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [https://archive.org/details/Va.Vis.Et.Deviens.ethiopie.juive.French Live and Become] on IA (French)
- [https://www.menemshafilms.com/live-and-become Official Site]
- {{IMDb title|0388505|Live and Become}}
- [http://theeveningclass.blogspot.com/2006/08/2006-sfjffthe-evening-class-interview.html 2006 SFJFF Interview with Sirak M. Sabahat]
{{Radu Mihăileanu}}
Category:Amharic-language films
Category:2000s French-language films
Category:2000s Hebrew-language films
Category:Films about immigration
Category:Films about Jews and Judaism
Category:Films directed by Radu Mihăileanu
Category:2005 multilingual films
Category:French multilingual films
Category:Israeli multilingual films
Category:Films scored by Armand Amar