Live and Become
| Live and Become | |
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| Directed by | Radu Mihaileanu |
| Written by | Alain-Michel Blanc Radu Mihaileanu |
| Produced by | Denis Carot Marie Masmonteil Radu Mihaileanu Marek Rozenbaum Itai Tamir |
| Starring | Mekonet Ageza Moshe Abebe Sirak M. Sabahat Yael Abecassis Roschdy Zem Roni Hadar Rami Danon Raymonde Abecassis Mimi Abonesh Kebede Meskie Shibru-Sivan Hadar |
| Narrated by | Patrick Descamps |
| Cinematography | Rémy Chevrin |
| Edited by | Ludo Troch |
| Music by | Armand Amar |
| Distributed by | Les Films du Losange |
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Running time | 140 minutes |
| Countries | France Israel |
| Languages | French Amharic Hebrew |
| Budget | €5.3 million |
| Box office | $3.7 million |
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.