EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED

Year: 2003
USA: Warner Independent Pictures
UK: Warner Bros Pictures International UK
Cast: Elijah Wood, Eugene Hutz, Boris Leskin, Laryssa Lauret, Jonathan Safran Foer, Jana Hrabetova, Štepan Šamudovský, Ljubomir Dezera, Oleksandr Choroshko, Gil Kazimirov, Zuzana Hodkova, Robert Chytil, Jaroslava Sochova, Sergej Rjabcev, Jurij Lemeshev, Pamela Racine, Oleksandr Houtz, Ludmila Kartouska, Igor Latta, Eugenin Marandic, Orest Tkachyk, Eliaš Bauer, Jurij Kokyrc, Sergej Kapitan, Jaroslav Jurichkanc, Igor Savivskij, Jan Filipenský, Bert Schneider, Tereza Veselkova, Lukaš Kral, Vera Šindelarova
Director: Liev Schreiber
Country: USA
Languages: Ukrainian / Russian / English (English subtitles)
USA: 104 mins
UK: 105 mins
USA Rated: PG-13 for disturbing images/violence, sexual content and language
UK Certificate: 12A contains strong language, moderate violence and sex references
USA Release Date: 23 September 2005 (Limited Release - wider)
USA Release Date: 16 September 2005 (Limited Release)
UK Release Date: 25 November 2005

Synopsis

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 the most absurd circumstances turns into a surprisingly meaningful journey with a powerful series of revelations -- the importance of remembrance, the perilous nature of secrets, the legacy of the Holocaust, the meaning of friendship and, most importantly, love.

EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED is adapted for the screen and directed by Liev Schreiber and stars Elijah Wood, Eugene Hutz, and Boris Leskin.