Live and Become
| Live and Become | |
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| Directed by | Radu Mihaileanu |
| Written by | Alain-Michel Blanc Radu Mihaileanu |
| Produced by | Denis Carot Marie Masmonteil Radu Mihaileanu Marek Rozenbaum Itai Tamir |
| Starring | Mekonet Ageza Moshe Abebe Sirak M. Sabahat Yael Abecassis Roschdy Zem Roni Hadar Rami Danon Raymonde Abecassis Mimi Abonesh Kebede Meskie Shibru-Sivan Hadar |
| Narrated by | Patrick Descamps |
| Cinematography | Rémy Chevrin |
| Edited by | Ludo Troch |
| Music by | Armand Amar |
| Distributed by | Les Films du Losange |
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Running time | 140 minutes |
| Countries | France Israel |
| Languages | French Amharic Hebrew |
| Budget | €5.3 million |
| Box office | $3.7 million |
Live and Become (French: Va, vis et deviens) 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 Mihăileanu. It won awards at the Berlin and Vancouver and other film festivals.