It’s not surprising nowadays to go to a movie that was either made by Jews, stars Jews or is about Jewish themes. To think it all started in 1927 with The Jazz Singer, the first feature-length motion picture with synchronized dialogue sequences, which highlights the life of a Jewish cantor.

Every now and then a film comes along with a profound message that resonates long after the closing credits have ended. In the award-winning film Live and Become, directed by Radu Mihaileanu, we witness the protagonist, Shlomo, endure a compelling journey of self-discovery. He really does “live” a tumultuous life, which leads him to “become” the person he was always destined to be. The thread that weaves this passage together for Shlomo is Judaism. And ironically, Shlomo was not Jewish.