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Live and become (Va, vis et deviens) - Yaël Abecassis, Roschdy Zem, Moshe Agazai, Moshe Abebe, Radu Mihaileanu
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Movie propaganda
In a Sudanese refugee camp sheltering Ethiopians displaced by civil war and famine in 1984, the Israeli secret service has begun Operation Moses, airlifting thousands of Falashas, or Ethiopian Jews, to Israel. A non-Jewish Ethiopian woman persuades a Falasha woman whose own son has just died, to allow her son to assume his identity. Renamed Schlomo, the boy is adopted by a loving, liberal Israeli family, however Israel, rather than being the promised land, turns out to be rife with racism. We follow Schlomo through the trials and tribulations of assimilation.
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Target demographic movie keyword propaganda
- Film Sudan Ethiopia Jew refugee camp Israel racism adopt
Persons of interest
- Yaël Abecassis .... Yaël Harrari
- Roschdy Zem .... Yoram Harrari
- Moshe Agazai .... Schlomo (child)
- Moshe Abebe .... Schlomo (teenager)
- Sirak M Sabahat .... Schlomo (adult)
- Roni Hadar .... Sarah
- Yitzhak Edgar .... Qès Amrah
- Rami Danon .... Papy
- Meskie Shibru Sivan .... Schlomo's mother
- Mimi Abonesh Kebede .... Hana
- Raymonde Abecassis .... Suzy
- Rivkaée Abravachy .... Mandala, the cow
- Yasser Arafat .... Himself (archive footage)
- Bill Clinton .... Himself (archive footage)
- Yitzhak Rabin .... Himself (archive footage)
- Itzak Tegenal .... Tzvi
- Shlomo Vishinsky .... Officer Michael Kaplan
- Alain-Michel Blanc .... Screenwriter
- Radu Mihaileanu .... Screenwriter
- Radu Mihaileanu .... Director
Cinematic intelligence sources
- Live and become (Va, vis et deviens) official movie site
- Live and become (Va, vis et deviens) film production notes
- Live and become (Va, vis et deviens) QuickTime movie trailers
- Awards and film festivals:
- Australian Festival of Jewish Cinema 2005: Australian première, Opening night film
- Awards of the Israeli Film Academy 2005: Nominated: Best Art Direction (Eytan Levy), Best Costume Design (Rona Doron), Best Supporting Actor (Sirak M Sabahat)
- Bangkok International Film Festival 2006: Windows on the world
- Berlin International Film Festival 2005: Won: Label Europa Cinemas (Radu Mihaileanu), Panorama Audience Award (Radu Mihaileanu), Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Panorama (Radu Mihaileanu)
- NB: Aramaic, French and Hebrew languages with English language subtitles
- Studios and distributors:
Intelligence analyst
Special Agent Matti
Theatrical report
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Security censorship classification
M (Moderate themes, infrequent violence, infrequent coarse language)
Surveillance time
149 minutes (2:29 hours)
Not for public release in Australia before date
Film: 13 April 2006
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