Everything Is Illuminated (2005)

7.3/10 • 105 min • Comedy Drama

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.

Cast

Elijah Wood

Jonathan Safran Foer

Eugene Hutz

Alex

Boris Lyoskin

Grandfather

Jonathan Safran Foer

Leaf Blower

Lukáš Král

Young Grandfather

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