Everything Is Illuminated (2005)
Leave Normal Behind.
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.
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Elijah WoodJonathan Safran Foer
Eugene HutzAlex
Boris LyoskinGrandfatherJana HrabětovaJonathan's GrandmotherJonathan Safran FoerLeaf BlowerStephen SamudovskyJonathan's Grandfather SafranOleksandr ChoroshkoAlexander Perchov, FatherGil KazimirovIgorZuzana HodkováAlex's MotherLjubomir DezeraYoung JonathanLaryssa LauretListaTereza VeselkovaAugustineKeywords
UkraineAnti semitismMass murderPhotographGayNaziCollectorJourney in the pastGrandparent grandchild relationshipBlindness and impaired visionCloseted homosexualPop culturePassion for collectionSouvenir
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Genre affinityComedy · DramaTheme affinityUkraine · Anti Semitism · Mass MurderDialogue densityComedy · DramaDirector preference8544Actor preference6189 · 406277 · 274698Country preferenceUs
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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.
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Everything Is Illuminated has a runtime of 106 minutes.
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