---
title: 'Live and Become (2005)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Radu Mihăileanu'
released: '2005-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 135
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Israel'
  - 'France'
  - 'Italy'
  - 'Belgium'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/live-and-become-2005'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0388505/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Live and Become (2005)

2005 · 135 min · Drama · Israel, France, Italy, Belgium

Original title: Va, Vis et Deviens

## Synopsis

Live and Become 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 and 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Radu Mihăileanu](https://cinepixo.com/people/radu-mihaileanu)
- **Screenplay:** [Radu Mihăileanu](https://cinepixo.com/people/radu-mihaileanu), [Alain-Michel Blanc](https://cinepixo.com/people/alain-michel-blanc)
- **Producer:** [Radu Mihăileanu](https://cinepixo.com/people/radu-mihaileanu), [Yoram Globus](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoram-globus), [Riccardo Tozzi](https://cinepixo.com/people/riccardo-tozzi)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Armand Amar](https://cinepixo.com/people/armand-amar)
- **Director of Photography:** [Rémy Chevrin](https://cinepixo.com/people/remy-chevrin)
- **Editor:** [Ludo Troch](https://cinepixo.com/people/ludo-troch)

## Cast

- [Roni Hadar](https://cinepixo.com/people/roni-hadar)
- [Yasser Arafat](https://cinepixo.com/people/yasser-arafat)
- [Zinedine Zidane](https://cinepixo.com/people/zinedine-zidane)
- [Avi Hadash](https://cinepixo.com/people/avi-hadash)
- [David Smadar](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-smadar)
- [Sirak M. Sabahat](https://cinepixo.com/people/sirak-m-sabahat)
- [Lana Ettinger](https://cinepixo.com/people/lana-ettinger)
- [Avi Oriah](https://cinepixo.com/people/avi-oriah)
- [Roschdy Zem](https://cinepixo.com/people/roschdy-zem)
- [Abraham Celektar](https://cinepixo.com/people/abraham-celektar)
- [Meir Suissa](https://cinepixo.com/people/meir-suissa)
- [Raymonde Abecassis](https://cinepixo.com/people/raymonde-abecassis)
- [Yehuda Fuchs](https://cinepixo.com/people/yehuda-fuchs)
- [Rami Danon](https://cinepixo.com/people/rami-danon)
- [Shmuel Beru](https://cinepixo.com/people/shmuel-beru)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/live-and-become-2005
Film facts: Wikidata (Q130271); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.