Live and Become (2005)

Va, vis et deviens (original title)

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2h 20min
Drama
01 Feb 2008 (USA)
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A Christian boy escapes to Israel from famine-stricken Ethiopia by pretending to be Jewish.

Director:

Radu Mihaileanu

Writers:

Alain-Michel Blanc, Radu Mihaileanu

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Awards:

12 wins & 7 nominations.
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	Yaël Abecassis	...	Yael
	Roschdy Zem	...	Yoram
	Moshe Agazai	...	Schlomo enfant
	Moshe Abebe	...	Schlomo adolescent
	Sirak M. Sabahat	...	Schlomo adulte
	Yitzhak Edgar	...	Le Qès Amara
	Roni Hadar	...	Sara
	Rami Danon	...	Papy
	Mimi Abonesh Kebede	...	Hana - la mère Juive Ethiopienne
	Meskie Shibru	...	La mère de Schlomo (as Meskie Shibru Sivan)
	Raymonde Abecassis	...	Suzy
	Yossi Alfi	...	Rabbin Talmud Tora
	Shmil Ben Ari	...	Directeur internat (as Shmil Ben-Ari)
	Shlomo Vishinsky	...	Le policier
	Shai Fredo	...	Le traducteur
	Joy Rieger	...	Tali enfant
	Elias Nazich	...	Dany enfant
	Talia de Vries	...	Tali adolescente
	Lana Ettinger	...	Tali adulte
	Jonatan Regev	...	Dany adolescent
	Tomer Offner	...	Dany adulte
	Dor Shlosberg	...	Michael Leibovitch
	Esti Elias	...	Fille discothèque
	Avi Oriah	...	Le père de Sara (as Avi Oria)
	Shimon Mimran	...	Psychologue internat
	Abraham Celektar	...	Le fonctionnaire israélien 1 (as Avraham Selekter)
	Marek Rozenbaum	...	Le fonctionnaire israélien 2
	Elad Atrakchi	...	Itai
	Mahmoud Kadah	...	Murad
	Shmuel Beru	...	L'Ethiopien
	Meir Suissa	...	Le docteur français (as Meir Swissa)
	Elana Wondme	...	Petite fille
	Maharta Baruch	...	Mère petite fille (as Mehereta Baruch)
	Menissan Solomon	...	Ethiopien israélien 1
	Shaul Mizrahi	...	Père palestinien
	Gal Hoyberger	...	Lieutenant
	Rachel Melesa	...	L'infirmière de Natania
	Itzak Tegenae	...	Tzvi
	Emmanuel Ulli Laor	...	Directeur école
	Eitan Glass	...	Rabbin internat
	Avi Hadash	...	Professeur internat
	David Smadar	...	Rabbin docteur (as Dudik Smadar)
	Yehuda Fuchs	...	Grand Rabbin
	Ale Getao	...	Qès centre médical
	Zoe Naveh	...	Einat
	Yossi Vasa	...	Mike (as Yossi Vassa)
	Lascha Shimshoni	...	L'enseignante de l'école
	Matan Franco	...	Adolescent Kibboutz 1
	Aaron Vodovoz	...	Jeune homme Kibboutz
	Hen Koren	...	Adolescent Kibboutz 2
	Ben Heinberg	...	Adolescent Kibboutz 3
	Shimon Siani	...	Le garde du Kibboutz
	Adir Bakala	...	Garçon télé
	Fitum Ayela	...	Infirmier du camp
	Kasanshe Worku	...	La mère de Schlomo - 20 ans après
	Patrick Descamps	...	Narrateur (voice)
	Pierre-Jean Chérer	...	Reporter Guerre Golfe (voice) (as Pierre-Jean Cherer)
	Hervé Pauchon	...	Reporter Soudan (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Yasser Arafat	...	Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
	Bill Clinton	...	Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
	Yitzhak Rabin	...	Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
	Berenice Sand	...	Student (uncredited)

Directed by

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Radu Mihaileanu

Written by

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Alain-Michel Blanc	...	(collaborator on screenplay)

Radu Mihaileanu	...	()

Produced by

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Denis Carot	...	producer
Marco Chimenz	...	producer
Yoram Globus	...	associate producer
Genevieve Lemal	...	associate producer
Alexandre Lippens	...	associate producer
Marie Masmonteil	...	producer
Radu Mihaileanu	...	producer
Marek Rozenbaum	...	producer
Giovanni Stabilini	...	producer
Itai Tamir	...	producer
Riccardo Tozzi	...	producer

Music by

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Armand Amar

Cinematography by

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Rémy Chevrin

Editing by

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Ludo Troch

Editorial Department

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Miguel Bejo	...	telecine dailies colorist
Coralie Boulay	...	negative cutter
Séverine Cava	...	assistant editor
Virginie Deroubaix	...	post-production assistant
Catherine Le Mignant-Labye	...	assistant editor
Laurent Pelé-Piovani	...	assistant editor (as Laurent Pelé)
Marie Silvi	...	positive cutter

Casting By

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Esther Kling
Hila Yuval

Production Design by

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Eitan Levi

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(as Eytan Levy)

Art Direction by

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Yoel Herzberg

Costume Design by

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Rona Doron

Makeup Department

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Valérie Tranier

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key makeup artist

Production Management

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Yacine Boucherit	...	unit manager
Simona De Laurentiis	...	post-production supervisor
Yorick Kalbache	...	production manager
Laetitia Pichon	...	post-production supervisor
Saar Yogev	...	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Shaul Dishy	...	co-first assistant director
Olivier Jacquet	...	first assistant director
Elodie Roy	...	third assistant director
Yaron Yarkoni	...	third assistant director

Art Department

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Yoav Dahari	...	set designer
Amiram Lichter	...	chief constructor
Nikolai Yosifov	...	assistant property master
Frank Pitussi	...	property master: Paris (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Philippe Charbonnel	...	sound recordist
Quentin Collette	...	sound recordist
Mathieu Cox	...	second sound re-recording mixer
Eric DeVos	...	sound
Gert Janssen	...	dialogue editor
Marion Lorthioir	...	post-synchronization
Henri Morelle	...	sound
Misha Spektor	...	boom operator
Bruno Tarrière	...	re-recording mixer
Olivier Thys	...	assistant foley artist
Philippe van Leer	...	foley artist

Visual Effects by

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Hugo Arcier	...	digital artist
Emmanuelle Carlier	...	visual effects coordinator
Philippe Chotard	...	i.t. manager
Nicolas Daniel	...	video operator: Duboi
Séverine De Wever	...	visual effects coordinator
Stephane Dittoo	...	visual effects supervisor
Thomas Duval	...	visual effects supervisor
Pierre Genin	...	digital artist
Abdel Ali Kassou	...	I/O manager
Frederic Medioni	...	tracking artist
Cyril Pichard	...	research & development
Aurore Rousset	...	3D animator
Daniel Trujillo	...	compositing supervisor

Camera and Electrical Department

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Stéphane Agostini	...	electrician: France
Haim Asias	...	steadicam operator
Ilan Ben Odiz	...	electrician
Amit Berlowitz	...	still photographer
Adi Borkin	...	best boy
Pascal Delaunay	...	grip
Antonin Gendre	...	key grip
Yoni Hamenachem	...	still photographer
François Margolin	...	still photographer: credits photos
Guy Ne'eman	...	key grip
Yehuda Sar-Israel	...	second assistant camera
Stephane Seybald	...	electrician: France
Rami Siman-Tov	...	focus puller
Daniel Solomon	...	electrician
Alexandre Szabo-Fresnais	...	assistant camera
Serge Valézy	...	electrician: France
Adam Verete	...	electrician
François-Xavier Walter	...	grip
Gaby Weismann	...	focus puller: second camera

Casting Department

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Sonia Tahallah

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casting associate (as Sonia Lila Tahallah)

Music Department

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Mathieu Coupat	...	musician: piano
Nicolas Dautricourt	...	musician: violin
Thomas Jamois	...	music publisher
Vincent Joinville	...	music recording engineer
Asen Kanchev	...	music production manager
Thibault Leroy	...	musician: violincello
Manuel Solans	...	musician: violin
Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra-Sif 309	...	musician (as The Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra)

Script and Continuity Department

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Sari Azoulay Turgeman	...	script supervisor (as Sari Turgeman)
Olivia Bruynoghe	...	script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Ilan Appel

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transportation captain

Additional Crew

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Joshua Berman	...	co-production supervisor
Regina Longo	...	archival film researcher
Nathanaël Poupin	...	legal and business affairs
Chloé Souchet	...	production assistant

Thanks

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Sirak M. Sabahat	...	special thanks
Peter Sehr	...	thanks

Production Companies

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Elzévir Films (presents)
Oï Oï Oï Productions (presents)
Cattleya (co-production)
K2 SA (co-production)
Transfax Film Productions (co-production)
France 3 Cinéma (co-production)
Canal+ (with the participation of)
Medusa Film (in collaboration with)
Radio Télévision Luxembourg - Télévision Indépendante (RTL-TVI) (in co-production with)
Scope Pictures (co-production)
CinéCinéma (with the participation of)
Kiosque (with the participation of)
Eurimages (with the support of)
Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC) (with the support of)
Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles (with the support of)
Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral Belge (with the support of)
MEDIA Programme of the European Union (with the support of)
SCOPE Invest (participation)

Distributors

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Bir Film (2005) (Turkey)
Arti Film (2006) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
CinemaCafe Films (2007) (Japan) (theatrical)
Distribution Company (2006) (Argentina) (theatrical)
Future Film (2005) (Finland) (theatrical)
Les Films du Losange (2005) (France) (theatrical)
Menemsha Entertainment (2008) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
Pandasia Entertainment (2006) (Taiwan) (theatrical)
Seville Pictures (2005) (Canada) (theatrical)
Arti Film (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
France Télévision Distribution (2006) (France) (video)
Medusa Distribuzione (2005) (Italy)
Seville Pictures (Canada) (DVD)

Special Effects

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Duboi

Other Companies

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Chainon Manquant, Le (Footage research & clearance)
Cinécool (titles)
Laboratoires Éclair (laboratory services)
Les Auditoriums de Joinville (sound post-production)
SIF 309 Film Music (film score recording)

Storyline

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Plot Summary	In 1980 the black Falashas in Ethiopia are recognised as genuine Jews. In turn they 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. Upon arrival this second mother dies. Schlomo is adopted by a good family but remains depressed until he secretly sends a letter to his real mother. From the beginning he experiences large and small racist difficulties. In his teens he and Sarah fall in love. Her father is an extreme racist. Schlomo tries to gain "real Jewishness" by winning a competition in Bible interpretation. No change of Sarah's father's attitude. Disappointed he goes to the police and reports himself as not being a Jew. But the police officer just gives him a scolding. "The newspapers are full of that stuff, the Falashas are no Jews. Now they begin to believe it themselves." His adoptive parents send him to France to study medicine. When he afterwards marries Sarah she loses her family and her status as a "white Jew". But he dares not tell her the truth until she becomes pregnant. She leaves him, but only because he had not trusted that she would love him as much anyway. His adoptive mother reconciles them. Sarah's first line when she returns: "Unbelievable what three mothers would do for you." But she makes a condition for returning: Schlomo must meet his real mother again. As a doctor he takes a job in the Ethiopian fugitive camp where she is still alive. Written by Max Scharnberg, Stockholm, Sweden Plot Summary Plot Synopsis
Plot Keywords	boy jew love israel letter See All (106) »
Genres	Drama
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Certification	Argentina:13 Australia:M Brazil:10 Finland:K-11 France:Tous publics Ireland:12A Portugal:M/12 Portugal:M/12 (Qualidade) Singapore:PG13 Sweden:11 Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) United States:Unrated

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Also Known As	Tichye VeTihiye (Israel, Hebrew title) Vai e vivrai (Italy) Go, See, and Become (World-wide, English title) Live & Become (Canada, English title) Live and Become (United States) See more »
Runtime	140 min
Country	France Israel Belgium Italy
Language	Hebrew French Amharic
Color	Color
Aspect Ratio	2.35 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix	DTS Dolby Digital
Filming Locations	Ethiopia See more »

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Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider. See more »

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Narrateur: They had been forgotten on their mountaintops, near Gondar. Yet, since the dawn of time, the Ethiopian Jews, known as the "Falashas", dreamed of returning to their homeland, the Holy Land, Jerusalem. With Israeli and U.S. Aid, a vast program was undertaken from November to January 1985 to transport the Ethiopian Jews to Israel. The Falashas were returned and finally recognized as descendants of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. The Israeli secret service carried out the operation on the sly, keeping it from the Mengitsu pro-Soviet regime who had prohibited their emigration. The Falashas walked from Ethiopia to Sudan, a Muslim country under Charia law. There, they had to hide their Jewish identity under pain of death In Sudan, planes awaited to take them to Israel. On the road, hundreds died of sickness, famine, exhaustion. Others were killed by bandits. In the 1980s, the Sudanese camps welcomed thousands of Africans from 26 countries who were prey to famine: Christians, Muslims, and clandestine Jews. The first secret airlift operation, known as "Operation Moses", saved 8,000 Ethiopian Jews. 4,000 died on the road between Ethiopia and Sudan, murdered, tortured or suffering from famine, thirst and exhaustion. Many children reached the Holy Land alone or as orphans.
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