Sunday, March 13, 2016

LIVE AND BECOME (2005, FRANCE)

FILMS FROM THE 21st CENTURY
(Post 45 of 50)

Some quick takes on the most relatively recent listings from the
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die list


Live and Become reminds me a little of the film Boyhood, except this one isn't shot over many years and has different actors playing the boy growing into a young man. The religious element of the Ethiopian refugees posing as Jews is different, too. You know, never mind The Boyhood comparison. I'm not sure where I was going with that. But Live and Become is an epic tale of growing up in a often hostile environment and is a movie well worth seeing with many heart wrenching and moving moments.

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