Live and Become () is a 2005 French drama film about an Ethiopian Christian boy who is infiltrated among Ethiopian Jews in order to escape famine and to emigrate to Israel. The film follows his growing up, living as a Jew in Israel. It was directed by Romanian-born Radu MihÃÂileanu. It won awards at the Berlin and Vancouver and other film festivals.
Schlomo, an Ethiopian boy, is placed by his Christian mother with an Ethiopian Jewish woman whose child has just died. This woman, is about to be airlifted from a Sudanese refugee camp to Israel during Operation Moses in 1984. His birth mother, who hopes for a better life for him, tells him "Go, live, and become," as he leaves her to get on the bus. The film tells of his growing up in Israel and how he deals with the secrets he carries: not being Jewish and having left his birth mother.
Audience Awards unless otherwise noted