Everything Is Illuminated (2005)

Directed by

Liev Schreiber

Genre

drama film, comedy drama, biographical film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 829 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young Jewish American man travels to Ukraine to find the woman who saved his grandfather during World War II. He is joined by a local translator and his grandfather who both have their own quirks.

quirkybittersweetmelancholicthoughtfulgentleoffbeatpoignantslow-paced

What happens

Everything Is Illuminated is a 2005 American biographical comedy-drama film, written and directed by Liev Schreiber and starring Elijah Wood and Eugene Hütz. It was adapted from the novel of the same name by Jonathan Safran Foer, and was the debut film of Liev Schreiber both as a director and as a screenwriter. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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