72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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Va, vis et deviens / Live and Become

Radu Mihaileanu
France - Belgium - Israel - Italy
Synopsis
1984. Israel has launched Operation Moses to take Ethiopian Jews to the country. A Christian mother persuades her 9-year-old son to pretend to be a Jew to prevent him from dying of hunger. Adopted by a family of French Sephardic Jews living in Tel Aviv, he grows up in constant fear of being exposed. While he discovers love, racism and war in the occupied Palestinian territories, he never forgets his real mother.
Director
Radu Mihaileanu
Screenplay
Radu Mihaileanu, Alain-Michel Blanc
Photography
Rémy Chevrin
Edition
Ludo Troch
Music
Armand Amar
Cast
Yael Abecassis, Roschdy Zem, Moshe Agazai, Mosche Abebe, Sirak M. Sabahat
Running Time
140 m.
Country
France - Belgium - Israel - Italy
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