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Feb 1, 2008 · Feb. 1, 2008. Fundamental issues of ethnic and religious identity and the agony of exile are at the heart of “Live and Become,” an intermittently compelling swatch of recent Israeli history...
- Stephen Holden
- Radu Mihaileanu
Live and Become is a powerful and engaging film. Director Radu Mihaileanu ambitiously tackles themes of identity and love as reflected in the racial, social, political, and religious problems of immigration and assimilation.
Live and Become tackles one of the most controversial subjects in Israel, that of Jewish identity and racial purity. While it does not hesitate to show the ugly side of Israeli life, it also embraces its humor, sensitivity, and compassion.
Feb 14, 2005 · By Leslie Felperin. Constructed from sturdy dramatic elements but somewhat slapdash in assembly, Romanian-born helmer Radu Mihaileanu ‘s “Live and Become” tells how an African boy passes...
Jan 29, 2008 · Discover the best of the city, first. Radu Mihaileanu chronicles the tumultuous journey to adulthood of a Christian Ethiopian child after his desperate mother sneaks him onto a 1985 airlift...
Jan 24, 2008 · January 24, 2008. The poignant and succinct photo montage that opens writer-director Radu Mihaileanu’s Live and Become celebrates the grueling process through which Falashas, the Jews of Ethiopia, migrated to Israel during a 1984 mission known as Operation Moses.
Feb 1, 2008 · Live and Become: Directed by Radu Mihaileanu. With Yaël Abecassis, Roschdy Zem, Moshe Agazai, Moshe Abebe. A Christian boy escapes to Israel from famine-stricken Ethiopia by pretending to be Jewish.
