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OPENING NIGHT FILM: LIVE & BECOME presented by AJC SEATTLE JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL 2006
OPENING NIGHT FILM 2ND SHOWING
9:50 PM (film only)
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LIVE AND BECOME
(VA, VIS ET DEVIENS)
Director: Radu Mihaileanu
Country/Year: France/Israel, 2004
Language: French, Hebrew, Amharic w/subtitles
Running Time: 143 min.
Format: 35mm
LIVE AND BECOME is a sweeping epic told through the intense intimacy of one boy's survival amidst the Ethiopian famine of the 1980's. The film begins in a crowded Sudanese refugee camp, as American and Israel forces airlift thousands of Ethiopian Jews (called Falashas) to the Holy Land in a secret mission dubbed "Operation Moses." An African mother colludes to place her 7-year-old non-Jewish son among the evacuees in hopes of saving him from a grim fate. Young Solomon (Moshe Agazai) is swept away to Tel Aviv and taken in by a French Sephardic family. Renamed "Schlomo" by his adoptive parents and forced to conceal his true identity, salvation slowly gives way to the inner emotional decay. As a teenager circa 1989, Schlomo (now played by Mosche Abebe) falls in love, but the romance only underscores the tension and deceit of his feigned life. The film's powerful concluding chapter centers on Schlomo as an adult (Sirak M. Sabahat) and his bold actions toward self-healing. Winner of the Audience Award at the 2005 Berlin International Film Festival, as well as Audience Award Winner at Boston, Washington D.C. and Palm Beach Jewish Film Festivals.
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LocationMuseum of History and Industry (MOHAI)
2700 24th Ave. E
Seattle, WA 98112
United States
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| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: No |
| Wheelchair Accessible: No |
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