Go and live
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German title | Go and live |
Original title | Va, vis et deviens |
Country of production | France , Belgium , Israel , Italy |
original language | Amharic , Hebrew , French |
Publishing year | 2005 |
length | 135 minutes |
Age rating | FSK 12 |
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Director | Radu Mihăileanu |
script | Radu Mihaileanu Alain-Michel Blanc |
production |
Denis Carot Marie Masmonteil Radu Mihaileanu |
music | Armand Amar |
camera | Remy Chevrin |
cut | Ludo Troch |
occupation | |
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Go and live ( Va, vis et deviens ) is a French-Israeli film by Radu Mihăileanu , released in 2005 , which is set against the background of the immigration of Ethiopian Jews , the Falashes , to Israel .
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Go and Live begins in 1984 in a refugee camp in Sudan . Thousands of Ethiopian Jews, Christians and Muslims fled the famine in Ethiopia in 1984–1985 and are now suffering from malnutrition and disease in the “hunger camps”. The Jews are brought to Israel by plane as part of Operation Moses . A Christian mother then sends her son away to save his life with the words: "Go and live".
From now on, the boy pretends to be a Jew, calls himself Solomon (Schlomo) , is brought to Israel and adopted by a Jewish family. He has to find his way in a foreign culture and also deal with the distrust that many white Israelis have towards the black Ethiopian Jews - and last but not least, Shlomo has to keep his secret, because if it turns out that he is not a Jew at all, he will from sent back to Ethiopia by the government . All the while, Schlomo suffers a lot from being separated from his mother. He becomes a doctor, marries and returns to the refugee camps to help and look for his mother.
Awards and nominations
- Vancouver International Film Festival : Most Popular International Film 2005
- Panorama Audience Award at the Berlinale 2005
- Prize of the Ecumenical Jury of the Berlinale 2005
- Golden Swan of the Copenhagen International Film Festival 2005
- Director's award at the Münster Film Festival 2005
- César / Best Original Screenplay 2006
Web links
- Go and live in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official German website
- Trailer on kino-zeit.de