Live and Become

Director: Radu Mihaileanu
France / Belgium / Israel / Italy(2005)
140 min
Audio: Amharic, Hebrew, and French Subtitles: Japanese

Distributor: cafegroove, MOVIOLA

Set in the mid-1980s, a Christian Ethiopian boy from a poverty-stricken family is forced by his mother to pretend to be a Jewish orphan so that he has a chance at being adopted by an upper class Jewish family in Israel. Winner of the 2005 Berlin International Film Festival Panorama Audience Award.

Official Site: https://blog.cinemacafe.net/yakusoku/

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