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Va, Vis Et Deviens - Live And Become (12A)

• Consumer Advice: Contains strong language and moderate violence
• Run time: 2 hours 29 mins

• Language: Aramaic
• Genre: Drama
• Release date: 30th December 2005

• Starring: Yael Abecassis, Roschdy Zem, Mosche Agazai
• Directed by: Radu Mihaileanu

• Distributor: The Works UK Distribution

Plot Synopsis

In 1984, thousands of Africans from the 26 countries struck by the famine are found in camps in Sudan. On the initiative of Israel and the United States, a vast action is led to take thousands of Ethiopian Jews to Israel. A Christian mother pushes her nine year old son to be stated Jewish to save him from famine and death. On arrival in the holy land he is declared an orphan and is adopted by a French family living in Tel-Aviv. He grows up living with the fear of having his double lie discovered: that he is neither Jew, nor orphan, only black. This beautifully crafted coming-of-age tale is the classic story of migration, assimilation and identity told with warmth and humour.