Live and Become

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Reviews:

The movie's depiction of survival, perseverance, adaptation and prejudice from an immigrant's point of view is, if anything, more relevant now than ever. Review by Michael Fox to the Jewish Times. More

"The final scene between Schlomo and his biological mother is breathtaking."
Review by Suzy Green. More

From Ron Henriques at LatinoReview.com a review of Live and Become

Joey Reynolds from WOR Radio 710 HD spaks with Sirak Sabahat, star of a new film that's opening in NY this weekend called "Live and Become" about the Falasha Airlift of Ethiopian Jews to Israel. Click here to listen.

“…’Live and Become’ exerts a tidal pull. It makes you feel the weight of history, of populations on the move in a restless multicultural world. It makes you reconsider cultural assimilation, a process that may seem to be complete but whose underlying conflicts may never be fully resolved.”
(Stephen Holden, New York Times)

“A remarkable journey of discovery – extremly AFFECTING AND unforgettable”
(Ed Scheid, Box O office Magazine)

New York, New York
Read what NY critics have to say. More

The Los Angeles Times
"...Rewarding, rich in humor and warmth, and abuzz with the turmoil of juggling multiple identities that is a critical element of these cross-cultural times." More

Sirak Sabahat: My Story
Lead actor Sirak Sabahat tells the story of his own migration from Ethiopia to the Promised Land - an amazing testimony of success and struggle. More

Box Office Magazine
"A remarkable journey of discovery." More

Awards:

- Audience Award, European Cinema Award and Ecumenical Award Berlin Film Festival 2005
- Golden Swan (Best Film) and Best Screenplay Copenhagen International Film Festival 2005
- Over 700,000 admissions in France

Synopsis:

The magnificent, epic story of an Ethiopian boy who is airlifted from a Sudanese refugee camp to Israel in 1984 during Operation Moses. Shlomo is plagued by two big secrets: He is neither a Jew nor an orphan, just an African boy who survived and wants, somehow, to fulfill his Ethiopian mother’s parting request that he “go, live, and become.” Buoyed by a profound and unfaltering motherly love – both in his memory and in the arms of his adoptive mother – he ultimately finds an identity and a happiness all his own.

Film Details:

Country of Origin: France, Belgium, Italy, Israel 2005
Original Language: Hebrew, French, Amharic
Running Time: 140 min

Director/Writer: Radu Mihaileanu
Writers: Radu Mihaileanu, Alain-Michel Blanc
Producers: Denis Carot, Marie Masmonteil, Radu Mihaileanu

Cast:

Yael - Yael Abecassis
Yoram Roschdy - Zem
Schlomo child - Moshe Agazai
Schlomo teenager - Mosche Abebe
Schlomo adult -Sirak M. Sabahat