Everything Is Illuminated
Leave Normal Behind.
ComedyDramablindness and impaired visionnazigrandparent grandchild relationshipmass murderpop culturejourney in the pastsouvenircollectorantisemitismphotographcloseted homosexualgay theme
A tragicomic journey through family history and Holocaust memory that balances whimsy with grief, using eccentric characters and pop-culture humor to navigate profound loss and intergenerational connection.
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.
Essence
Ensemble
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
Laryssa Lauret
Lista
Tereza Veselkova
Augustine
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