Fresh
The bounty of incident is balanced by knowing humor, compelling characters and a dedicated compassion toward those for whom the search for home sends their head, heart and feet flying in all directions.
Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times
Overview
In 1980, the black Falashas in Ethiopia are recognised as genuine Jews and are secretly carried to Israel. The day before the transport the son of a Jewish mother dies. In his place and with his name (Schlomo) she takes a Christian 9-year-old boy.
Director and cast
- Radu Mihăileanu Director
- Moshe Abebe as Schlomo (teenager)
- Moshe Agazai as Schlomo (child)
- Sirak M. Sabahat as Schlomo (adult)
- Roni Hadar as Sara
- Yaël Abecassis as Yaël
- Roschdy Zem as Yoram Harrari
- Yitzhak Edgar as Qès Amrah
- Rami Danon as Papy
- Meskie Shibru Sivan as Schlomo's Mother
- Mimi Abonesh Kebede as Hana
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
88%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Don't be put off by the film's length. It's fascinating to see familiar history flash by as a backdrop to the equally compelling account of a life spent in pursuit of totality.
Tom Keogh, Seattle Times
Fresh
With the secret 1985 airlift of thousands of Ethiopian Jewish refugees into Israel as a historical starting point, writer-director Radu Mihaileanu turns one fictional boy's story into a loaded, didactic drama about survival, adaptation, and identity.
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
Fresh
A stirring and uplifting tale of racial and religious assimilation.
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer
Fresh
Fundamental issues of ethnic and religious identity and the agony of exile are at the heart of Live and Become.
Stephen Holden, New York Times
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