Live and Become

Live and Become (French: Va, vis et deviens) is a 2005 French drama film about an Ethiopian Christian boy who disguises himself as an Ethiopian Jew to escape famine and emigrates to Israel. It was directed by Romanian-born Radu Mihăileanu. It won awards at the Berlin and Vancouver film festivals among others.

Live and Become
Theatrical poster
Directed byRadu Mihaileanu
Written byAlain-Michel Blanc
Radu Mihaileanu
Produced byDenis Carot
Marie Masmonteil
Radu Mihaileanu
Marek Rozenbaum
Itai Tamir
StarringMekonet Ageza
Moshe Abebe
Sirak M. Sabahat
Yael Abecassis
Roschdy Zem
Roni Hadar
Rami Danon
Raymonde Abecassis
Mimi Abonesh Kebede
Meskie Shibru-Sivan Hadar
Narrated byPatrick Descamps
CinematographyRémy Chevrin
Edited byLudo Troch
Music byArmand Amar
Distributed byLes Films du Losange
Release dates
  • 11 February 2005 (2005-02-11) (Berlin)
  • 30 March 2005 (2005-03-30) (France)
Running time
140 minutes
CountriesFrance
Israel
LanguagesFrench
Amharic
Hebrew
Budget€5.3 million
Box office$3.7 million
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