Live and Become (2005)
Release Date
2005-03-30
Rating
7
Duration
140 min
Keywords
underdog post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) paris france love of one's life parent child relationship loss of loved one refugee camp adoption immigration ethiopia trauma rabbi bar mitzvah medicine famine tel aviv israel zionism military service studies doctors without borders sudan doctor xenophobia 1980s
Qualities
In 1980, the black Falashas in Ethiopia are recognised as genuine Jews and are secretly carried to Israel. The day before the transport the son of a Jewish mother dies. In his place and with his name (Schlomo) she takes a Christian 9-year-old boy.
