Everything Is Illuminated
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.
PG-13
HD
Comedy, Drama
2005
106 min
Prime VideoStreaming Channels
Movie Info:
- Full Name : Everything Is Illuminated
- Duration : 106 min
- Languages : English, Russian, Ukrainian
- Writers : Jonathan Safran Foer (novel), Liev Schreiber (screenplay)
- Directors : Liev Schreiber min
- Imdb : 7.5 (48266 votes)
- Tomatoes : 3.9 (59656 votes)
- Actors : Eugene Hutz, Elijah Wood, Jonathan Safran Foer, Jana Hrabetova
Movie Storyline
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.