Everything Is Illuminated (2005)
05/09/2005
Comedy, Drama
1h 46m
- 73% (794 votes)
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Leave Normal Behind.
Overview
A young Jewish American man endeavors—with the help of eccentric, distant relatives—to find the woman who saved his grandfather during World War II—in a Ukrainian village which was ultimately razed by the Nazis.
- Liev SchreiberDirector, Screenplay
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$7,000,000
Revenue
$3,601,974
Keywords
- blindness and impaired vision
- nazi
- grandparent grandchild relationship
- mass murder
- pop culture
- journey in the past
- souvenir
- collector
- antisemitism
- photograph
- closeted homosexual
- gay theme
- ukraine
Top Billed Cast
Elijah Wood
Jonathan Safran Foer
Eugene Hutz
Alex
Boris Lyoskin
Grandfather
Jana Hrabětova
Jonathan's Grandmother
Jonathan Safran Foer
Leaf Blower
Stephen Samudovsky
Jonathan's Grandfather Safran
Oleksandr Choroshko
Alexander Perchov, Father
Gil Kazimirov
Igor
Zuzana Hodková
Alex's Mother
Ljubomir Dezera
Young Jonathan
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