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Live and Become
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “a 2005 film about an ethiopian christian boy who disguises himself as an ethiopian jew in order to escape famin”. Today it says “a 2005 french drama film about an ethiopian christian boy who is infiltrated among ethiopian jews in order to e”.
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Live and Become ( French : Va, vis et deviens ) is a 2005 French drama film about an Ethiopian Christian boy who disguises himself as an Ethiopian Jew to escape famine and emigrates to Israel. It was directed by Romanian-born Radu Mihăileanu . It won awards at the Berlin and Vancouver film festivals among others.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “a 2005 film about an ethiopian christian boy who disguises himself as an ethiopian jew in order to escape famin”. Today it says “a 2005 french drama film about an ethiopian christian boy who is infiltrated among ethiopian jews in order to e”. Read the current article and compare.
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a 2005 film about an ethiopian christian boy who disguises himself as an ethiopian jew in order to escape famin
Now
a 2005 french drama film about an ethiopian christian boy who is infiltrated among ethiopian jews in order to e
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