Live & BecomeDirected by Radu Mihaileanu
Produced by Elzévir Films
Genres : Fiction - Runtime : 2 h 20 min
French release : 30/03/2005
Production year : 2004
DirectorActorsSynopsis1984. Hundreds of thousands of Africans from twenty-six countries hit by famine amass in refugee camps in Sudan. Israel and the United States undertake a huge rescue operation (Operation Moses) to transport thousands of Ethiopian Jews (Falashas) to Israel.
A mother of Christian faith makes her nine-year-old son pretend he’s Jewish so as to save him from famine and death.
The child arrives in the Holy Land. Declared an orphan, he’s adopted by a French Sephardic family who live in Tel Aviv. He grows up fearing that his double lie and secret will be revealed: neither Jewish, nor orphan, he’s simply black.
He discovers love, Western culture, and Jewish faith along with racism and war in the Occupied Territories. He becomes Jewish, Israeli, French and Tunisian – a true Tower of Babel.
But he never forgets his real mother, who remained behind in a camp and who he secretly and stubbornly dreams of finding again one day. Production photos (6)
Production and distributionAssociate production company : Elzévir Films
Associate producer : Backup Films
Co-production : France 3 Cinéma
Foreign production company : K2 Productions, RTL TVI Belgique, Transfax Films, Cattleya, Scope Pictures
Film export/Foreign Sales : Films Distribution
French distribution : Les Films du Losange
Full creditsExecutive Producers : Denis Carot, Marie Masmonteil
Assistant Director : Olivier Jacquet
Author of original work : Radu Mihaileanu
Associate Producer : Geneviève Lemal
Screenwriters : Radu Mihaileanu, Alain-Michel Blanc
Director of Photography : Rémy Chevrin
Sound Recordist : Henri Morelle
Production Manager : Yorick Kalbache
Press Attachés (film) : André-Paul Ricci, Tony Arnoux
Editor : Ludo Troch
Sound Editor : Eric De Vos
Production Designer : Eytan Levy
Music Composer : Armand Amar
Costume Designer : Rona Doron
Sound Mixer : Bruno Tarrière
Technical detailsFeature film
Genres : Fiction
Sub-genre : Action
Production language : French
Nationality : Majority French (Belgium, Italy, Israel, France)
Production year : 2004
French release : 30/03/2005
Runtime : 2 h 20 min
Current status : Released
Approval : Yes
Production formats :
35mm
Screening format :
35mm
Color type : Color
Aspect ratio : CinemaScope
Sound format : Dolby SRD
Official website : www.vavisetdeviens-lefilm.com/
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