Starring Elijah Wood and Eugene Hutz, Liev Schreiber's Everything is Illuminated is a Drama/Comedy about a young Jewish mans plight for his family history. Illuminated is based on the novel written in 2002 by Jonathan Safran Foer and his journey to Ukraine to find his families connections to the past. Elijah Wood plays the obsessive author who collects anything and everything and travels through Ukraine with two men from the travelling "agency" he has paid to take him to Trachimbrod in Ukraine, a town which the Nazi's plowed over and massacred in 1942. Foer travels with Alex, a young Ukrainian man convinced that he is the king of the dance clubs in his town. He also travels with Alex's "blind" Grandfather, who is their driver, along with Sammy Davis Junior Junior, the seeing eye bitch (dog). The film is extremely funny, but also is remarkably enlightening and empowering. Elijah Wood plays Foer with perfection and gives the film its very dramatic touch. Everything is Illuminated is highly recommended by The Speakeasy.
Find the wide-screen film HERE
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Find the original novel HERE
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