It is now Oct. 10, 2011 and I am adding the following paragraph to my original May 30 review. The fact that i am writing about it 2 years later says something! But this had to be done in total secrecy. The film deals with the strange story of the people known as the 'Falashas'. An amazing start to the Berlinale Film Festival. English title is 'Live and Become" Does anyone know if its on DVD or video? It is one of the few film that gave me a history lesson as well as complete entertainment. Prime-Mitglieder genießen Zugang zu schnellem und kostenlosem Versand, tausenden Filmen und Serienepisoden mit Prime Video und vielen weiteren exklusiven Vorteilen. The film is also a massive indictment of hypocrisy and intolerance, as experienced in Israel by the Falashas after their arrival. Bitte versuchen Sie es später noch einmal.Wir konnten Ihre Stimmabgabe leider nicht speichern. Was this review helpful? It's an optimistic story. 2008 is proving to be an outstanding year for all types of movies, from the sheer beautiful heart of Wall-E to the pure emotional powerhouse that "Live and Become" turns out to be. No one knows how or why they became Jews or what their original story really is. 10 out of 10 found this helpful. Live and Become is is about never giving up, no matter what! 2 out of 3 found this helpful. Then one day the Israeli Government decided to rescue them from the oppressive Mengistu Regime which existed in Ethiopia in 1980 (Mengistu was a fanatical communist of the Stalinist persuasion, and a psychopathic mass murderer). 27 out of 31 found this helpful. It is an experience not to be missed. It contains a list of movies that are considered "must-see" movies, with each entry accompanied by a short essay explaining why. but before philosophy just to mention some other aspects of the film i liked.

He and a plane-load of Falashas land in Tell Aviv, dazed and totally confused. Pity that the word "excellent" is used so frequently these days, for I now feel the need of yet a stronger adjective to qualify this film. Description provided by Wikipedia …

I went to see this movie just today, not having planned to, but simply because I was too late to see what I originally wanted to, (Something Like Happiness). The story of Shlomo, the little Ethiopian boy who was sent by his loving mother to live in Israel, might be familiar to hundreds of children who had to emigrate alone, by themselves, to Israel at one point. Une fois de plus bravo au réalisateur !!!!!! The film contains many unknown actors and actresses who have never appeared in anything before or since, and they are often the most effective people in the film, under the director's sure and sympathetic hand. I have just finished watching "vas vis et deviens" and must say that this is one of the most thought provoking pictures i have seen in a longtime. Bitte versuchen Sie es später noch einmal.Wir konnten Ihre Stimmabgabe leider nicht speichern. 3 out of 4 found this helpful. In turn they are secretly carried to Israel. Bitte versuchen Sie es später noch einmal.Wir konnten Ihre Stimmabgabe leider nicht speichern. Africa, 1984.Il Mossad sta organizzando la cosiddetta "Operazione Mosè" che, con la collaborazione della CIA e dell'NSA statunitensi, ha come obiettivo il trasferimento in Israele di un folto gruppo di ebrei etiopi, facendoli passare attraverso dei campi profughi in Sudan.. Bravo

Through a clever game of mistaken-identity (an Arab-looking kid who is a Jew), the movie/director/writer shows that we should --at the end-- treat each other as humans, first, and we'll be the better for it. 6 out of 9 found this helpful. Though I saw this film over a year ago, the story is still with me and I would love to see it again. This is what a film festival is about. The closing night of last year's San Francisco Jewish Film Festival turned out to be more than just the screening of a movie. I hope that the sense of humanity and love in this movie will help ending all conflicts on earth. The writer and director of this utterly amazing and gut-wrenching film is the Romanian Jewish emigré to Paris, Radu Mihaileanu (born 1958). 5 out of 7 found this helpful. Removing us from our surroundings so completely this show gives us unique perspectives. This film has spirit, and that is hard to come by these days. This is one of the best films i have ever seen . 18 out of 21 found this helpful. Bitte versuchen Sie es später noch einmal.Wir konnten Ihre Stimmabgabe leider nicht speichern. The remarkable thing is that none of the people I have mentioned apart from the Israeli actress has acted in any other film, and yet they all did better than any professional cast could conceivably have done. This is a definite must see. 3 out of 4 found this helpful. It was only scheduled for one screening at Van film fest in 2005 but after an email campaign got a second screening, peoples choice award and subsequently general release, still not seen by as many as it deserves. Was this review helpful? 2 out of 2 found this helpful.

But instead of being Christians like the majority of Ethiopians, they are Jews. Un film à voir à n'en pas douter, humaniste et touchant J'ai beaucoup aimé Never forget that same creator has created all of us and Adam was a redskin. Dieser Film ist sehr berührend und einfühlsam. [FR Import]

Pour plus de détails, voir Fiche technique et Distribution Va, vis et deviens est un film franco - israélien réalisé par Radu Mihaileanu et sorti en 2005 . The film tells the story of Ethiopian Black Jews known as Falashas who were brought to Israel in Operation Moses in 1984 by the Israeli Mossad.

Are those fear chimeras? Her father is a violent bigot who thinks the Faslashas are sub-human, and the irony of Jews classifying other people as 'untermenschen' is not lost on us!