Live and Become         March 24 at Aquarius

6:30 some wine, 7:00 show at the Aquarius Library

VA, VIS ET DEVIENS (LIVE AND BECOME) (GO, SEE, AND BECOME)  a film in Hebrew, French & Amharic – English Legends.       Radu Mihaileanu, Director

7.9/10 IMDB       93% Audience,  Rotten Tomatoes   85% Tomatometer

12 wins & 7 nominations

Cultural confusion and the lack of true identity plague a young boy swept away from his mother during a joint American-Israeli rescue mission in director Radu Mihaileanu’s fact-based drama. … …Shaken to the core by the radically different culture of Israel, Schlomo does his best to adapt to his new surroundings as his presumed salvation slowly gives way to the inner decay of a fading identity. Rotten Tomatoes  

“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, Top Critic

“Both a love story and inspirational tale of an individual finding peace with himself in a hostile environment.”     Jack Mathews  New York Daily News,  Top Critic