Everything Is Illuminated
United States
2005
106 Min
Color
1.85:1
Russian, Ukrainian, English
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Based on the critically-acclaimed novel by Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything is Illuminated tells the story of a young man’s quest to find the woman who saved his grandfather in a small Ukrainian town that was wiped off the map by the Nazi invasion. What starts out as a journey to piece together one family’s story under absurd circumstances turns into a meaningful journey with a powerful series of revelations — the importance of remembrance, the perilous nature of secrets, the legacy of the Holocaust, and the meaning of friendship. –Warner Bros.
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TIFF Report: Everything is Illuminated Review
By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
I have never heard of Safran Froer’s book before watching the film, which I went to see as a second choice, I’ll be honest. I tried to rush a screening of the Duelist (far and away the most fun……
Everything is Illuminated Review
By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
Okay, personal disclosure time. In my mid teens I learned that I carry German-Jewish blood in my veins. The German part of my heritage has been a given my entire life, living as we did in the same town……
TIFF Report: Everything is Illuminated Review
By Twitchfilm.net on July 16, 2010
I have never heard of Safran Froer’s book before watching the film, which I went to see as a second choice, I’ll be honest. I tried to rush a screening of the Duelist (far and away the most fun…
Everything is Illuminated Review
By Twitchfilm.net on July 16, 2010
Okay, personal disclosure time. In my mid teens I learned that I carry German-Jewish blood in my veins. The German part of my heritage has been a given my entire life, living as we did in the same town…
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A heart-warming little road movie which finds something to laugh about in Jewish survivor guilt...
By Mutt on May 21, 2010
Acclaimed American actor Liev Schreiber (“The Manchurian Candidate” & “Scream”) adapts the celebrated novel of the same name by American author Jonathan Safran Foer for his directorial and screenwriting… read review
My grandfather informs me that is not possible … Everything is Illuminated
By jaredmobarak on April 3, 2010
There aren’t very many debut directorial efforts by actors that make their mark on the moviegoing public. For every Redford, whose Ordinary People won him best picture and director at the Oscars, you… read review
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