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Everything Is Illuminated
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7.3A 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.
Released: 2005-09-05105 minDir: Liev SchreiberComedy, DramaBudget: $7.0MBox office: $3.6M
Cast
- Elijah Wood as Jonathan Safran Foer
- Eugene Hutz as Alex
- Boris Lyoskin as Grandfather
- Jana Hrabětova as Jonathan's Grandmother
- Jonathan Safran Foer as Leaf Blower
- Stephen Samudovsky as Jonathan's Grandfather Safran
Themes
- blindness and impaired vision
- nazi
- grandparent grandchild relationship
- mass murder
- pop culture
- journey in the past
- souvenir
- collector
- antisemitism
- photograph
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Ratings
IMDb
7.4/10
60,839 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
65%
Metacritic
58/100
- Year
- 2005
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 7 wins & 6 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- biographical film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- Russian
- Based on
- Everything Is Illuminated
- Main subject
- The Holocaust
- Director
- Liev Schreiber
- Screenwriter
- Liev Schreiber
- Producer
- Marc Turtletaub
- Cinematographer
- Matthew Libatique
- Narrative location
- Ukraine
- Filming location
- Czech Republic
- Duration
- 105
- FilmAffinity ID
- 878382
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- wip.warnerbros.com/everythingisilluminated
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- publication date
- 2005-12-15
- title
- Everything Is Illuminated
- after a work by
- Jonathan Safran Foer
- distributed by
- Netflix
- capital cost
- 7000000
- review score
- 58/100
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