Va,vis et deviens Deluxe Edition

[Machine Translation] A long-running hit at Iwanami Hall and other venues in Japan, this is a moving epic based on a little-known historical fact! The long-awaited DVD release of this moving film that has made a huge impact at film festivals around the world! Directed by up-and-coming French director Mihailleagne. The film is based on the historical facts of "Operation Moses", which involved transporting Ethiopian Jews to Israel, and on the experience of one Ethiopian Jewish man whom the director met. --A 9-year-old Ethiopian boy who lost his family and arrived at a refugee camp in Sudan on foot with his mother. His mother orders him to fake his Jewish identity and escape alone to Israel in order to survive. Away from his homeland, he lives in a new land where he hides his true name. There, the boy meets his loving adoptive parents, but his feelings for his estranged mother are uncontrollable, and he learns of the plight of his African homeland and sets his sights on becoming a doctor...

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岩波ホールほか全国でロングラン大ヒットを記録した、知られざる史実から生まれた感動の叙事詩!! 世界中の映画祭で大反響を呼んだ感動作が待望のDVD化!! フランスの新進気鋭ミヘイレアニュ監督作品。エチオピアのユダヤ人をイスラエルに移送するという「モーセ作戦」の史実、そして、監督自身が出会った一人のエチオピア系ユダヤ人の男性の体験を基に製作された。――家族を失い、母と2人で歩いてスーダンの難民キャンプにたどりついた9歳のエチオピア少年。母は少年に、生き延びるためにユダヤ人と偽って1人でイスラエルに脱出するように命じる。故郷から遠く離れ、真実の名前を隠して生きる新しい土地。そこで少年は愛情豊かな養父母と出会うが、別れた母への思いは抑えがたく、故郷アフリカの窮状を知り、医師になることを目指す・・・。