A young Jewish-American man sets out to the Ukraine to find the woman who may have saved his grandfather from the Nazis and the Holocaust.
Based on the novel "Everything is Illuminated" published by Houghton Mifflin Co; April 16, 2002.
Begin shoot date: summer 06/21/2004
US release date: summer 08/12/2005
Genres: Adaptation, Drama
US Distributors: Warner Independent Pictures
Cast:
Elijah Wood - Jonathan
Jason Schwartzman
Eugene Hutz - Alex
Credits:
Director: Liev Schreiber
Writer:
Liev Schreiber - Screenplay (Adaptation)
Jonathan Safran Foer - Source Material (from novel:"Everything is Illuminated")