1 Movie Starring Jana Hrabetova

Everything Is Illuminated

Everything Is Illuminated

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-10-14

Languages:

English, Russian, Ukrainian

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

106 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (48266 Reviews)

Director:

Liev Schreiber

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Jonathan Safran Foer (novel)

Liev Schreiber (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A young Jewish American flies to Ukraine in search of his grandfather's past. He has a photograph and the name of a village. He hires Odessa Heritage Tours, made up of a gruff old man and his English-speaking grandson. The three, plus grandfather's deranged dog, travel in an old car from Odessa into Ukraine's heart. Jonathan, the American, is a collector, putting things he finds into small plastic bags, so he will remember. Alex, the interpreter, is an archetypal wild and crazy guy. Alex asks the old man, "Was there anti-Semitism in the Ukraine before the war?" Will they find the village? The past illuminates everything.

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