Live and Become

• 7.5 Drama
• 2005-03-30
• 140 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

Moshe Abebe (Schlomo (teenager)) Moshe Agazai (Schlomo (child)) Sirak M. Sabahat (Schlomo (adult)) Roni Hadar (Sara) Yaël Abecassis (Yaël) Roschdy Zem (Yoram Harrari) Yitzhak Edgar (Qès Amrah) Rami Danon (Papy) Meskie Shibru Sivan (Schlomo's Mother) Mimi Abonesh Kebede (Hana)

Director:

Radu Mihăileanu

Writer:

Alain-Michel Blanc Radu Mihăileanu