Va, Vis et Deviens (Live and Become) (Go, See, and Become) (2005)
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86% of critics liked it
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93% of users liked it
(5,046 ratings)
Cultural confusion and the lack of true identity plague a young boy swept away from his mother during a joint American-Israeli rescue mission in director Radu Mihaileanu's fact-based drama. As thousands of displaced Africans crowd into Sudanese refugee camps, American and Israeli troops organize… More Cultural confusion and the lack of true identity plague a young boy swept away from his mother during a joint American-Israeli rescue mission in director Radu Mihaileanu's fact-based drama. As thousands of displaced Africans crowd into Sudanese refugee camps, American and Israeli troops organize "Operation Moses," a mission aimed at relocating the wandering Falashas to Israel. Forced by his Christian mother to declare himself Jewish in hopes of joining the exile and escaping a grim fate, young Solomon (Moshe Agazai) is swept away to Israel and adopted by a Tel Aviv-dwelling French Sephardic family and re-named Schlomo. Terrified of being revealed and shaken to the core by the radically different culture of Israel, Schlomo does his best to adapt to his new surroundings as his presumed salvation slowly gives way to the inner decay of a fading identity. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Radu Mihaileanu
- Written By
- Radu Mihaileanu, Alain-Michel Blanc
- Genres
- Art House & International, Drama
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Feb 11, 2005 Wide
- Studio
- Menemsha
Critic Reviews
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Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times
The bounty of incident is balanced by knowing humor, compelling characters and a dedicated compassion toward those for whom the search for home sends their head, heart and feet flying in all directions.
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Tom Keogh, Seattle Times
Don't be put off by the film's length. It's fascinating to see familiar history flash by as a backdrop to the equally compelling account of a life spent in pursuit of totality.
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Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
With the secret 1985 airlift of thousands of Ethiopian Jewish refugees into Israel as a historical starting point, writer-director Radu Mihaileanu turns one fictional boy's story into a loaded, didactic drama about survival, adaptation, and identity.
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Andrew Sarris, New York Observer
A stirring and uplifting tale of racial and religious assimilation.
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Stephen Holden, New York Times
Fundamental issues of ethnic and religious identity and the agony of exile are at the heart of Live and Become.
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