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Everything Is Illuminated

2005 · 1h 45m · Comedy · Drama

Leave Normal Behind.

IMDb
7.4
Rotten Tomatoes
65%
Metacritic
58

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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.

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Cast

Elijah Wood

Elijah Wood

Jonathan Safran Foer

Eugene Hutz

Eugene Hutz

Alex

Boris Lyoskin

Boris Lyoskin

Grandfather

Jana Hrabětova

Jonathan's Grandmother

Jonathan Safran Foer

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

Laryssa Lauret

Lista

Tereza Veselkova

Augustine

Lukáš Král

Lukáš Král

Young Grandfather

Vera Sindelarova

Young Lista

Crew

Media

Details

Release date
September 5, 2005
Status
Released
Original language
English
Runtime
1h 45m
Rated
PG-13
Budget
$7,000,000
Revenue
$3,601,974
Genres
Comedy, Drama

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