'The magnificent, epic story of an Ethiopian boy who is airlifted from a Sudanese refugee camp to Israel in 1984 during Operation Moses. Shlomo is plagued by two big secrets. He is neither a Jew nor an orphan, just an African boy who survived and wants, somehow, to fulfill his Ethiopian mother's parting request that he 'go, live, and become.' Buoyed by a profound and unfaltering motherly love - both in his memory and in the arms of his adoptive mother - he ultimately finds an identity and a happiness all his own."--Container.
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 2005.
Aspect ratio 2.35 (scope).
A France/Belgium/Israel/Italy co-production.
"Winner! 18 Audience Awards in the U.S.!"--Container.