Live and Become

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 Live and Become is a 2005 French-language Drama movie starring Moshe Agazai, Moshe Abebe, Sirak M. Sabahat, Yael Abecassis, Roschdy Zem, Roni Hadar and Meskie Shibru-sivan Hadar. Live and Become was Produced by Denis Carot, Marie Masmonteil, Radu Mihaileanu, Marek Rozenbaum and Itai Tamir. Live and Become is written by Alain-michel Blanc and Radu Mihaileanu and it is directed by Radu Mihaileanu. Les Films du Losange acquired the distribution rights for the film. Live and Become was released on 30th March 2005 in French,Amharic and Hebrew languages and takes a screen time of 140 minutes. Live and Become was made on a budget of €5 million and at the box office it grossed only $3 million. Cinematography was done by R my Chevrin and editing by Ludo Troch. The music was composed by Armand Amar.
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