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.
Editor's Verdict
"The movie 'Everything Is Illuminated' is a historical drama centered on the search for a woman who saved the protagonist's grandfather during WWII. It contains no discernible Christmas elements, setting, or thematic linkage, regardless of the emotional themes of family and redemption, which are not explicitly tied to the holiday."
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Cast & Crew
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
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