Movie Details
- Status: Released
- Movie Tagline: Leave Normal Behind.
- Genres: Comedy, Drama
- Release Date: 2005-09-16
- Runtime: 106.0 min
- Budget: $7.0 million
- Revenue: $2.7 million
- Production Companies: Big Beach, Stillking Films, Warner Independent Pictures (WIP)-Telegraph Films
Cast & Crew
Elijah Wood, Eugene Hutz, Boris Leskin, Jana Hrabětova, Jonathan Safran Foer, Stephen Samudovsky, Oleksandr Choroshko, Gil Kazimirov, Zuzana Hodková, Ljubomir Dezera, Laryssa Lauret, Tereza Veselkova, Lukáš Král, Vera Sindelarova
Synopsis – What to Expect from “Everything Is Illuminated”
Everything Is Illuminated is a 2005 American comedy-drama film directed by Liev Schreiber and based on the novel of the same name by Jonathan Safran Foer. The film stars Elijah Wood, Eugene Hutz, Boris Leskin, and Jana Hrabetova.
The film follows a young Jewish-American man named Jonathan Safran Foer (Elijah Wood) who travels to Ukraine to find the woman who saved his grandfather from the Nazis during World War II. He is accompanied by an eccentric Ukrainian tour guide named Alex (Eugene Hutz) and Alex’s grandfather (Boris Leskin).
The journey begins with Jonathan and Alex in search of the woman who saved Jonathan’s grandfather, Augustine. Along the way, the trio encounters a variety of characters, including a blind old man, a young Ukrainian girl, and a mysterious figure known as the “Wise Man”. As Jonathan and Alex travel, they uncover the secrets of Jonathan’s family’s past and learn about the importance of remembering and honoring the past.
The film culminates in an emotional reunion between Jonathan and Augustine, as well as a celebration of the power of memory and the strength of the human spirit. Throughout the film, the characters are illuminated by the beauty of the Ukrainian landscape and the strength of the human heart.
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