

Everything Is Illuminated
Leave Normal Behind.
7.3(781 votes)
2005
1h 46m
Comedy
Drama
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.
Production
Stillking Films, Warner Independent Pictures, Telegraph Films, Big Beach
Cast

Elijah Wood
Jonathan Safran Foer

Eugene Hutz
Alex

Boris Lyoskin
Grandfather

Jana Hrabětova
Jonathan's Grandmother

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