Everything is Illuminated.

Schreiber, Liev, (film director.). Wood, Elijah, 1981- (actor.). Foer, Jonathan Safran, 1977- (actor.). Schwartzman, Jason, 1980- (actor.). Hrabětová, Jana, (actor.). Samudovsky, Stephen, (actor.). Choroshko, Oleksandr, (actor.). Big Beach (Firm), (production company.). Elijah Wood, Jason Schwartzman, Jonathan Safran Foer, Jana Hrabetova, Stephen Samudovsky, Oleksandr Choroshko. (Cast).

Summary: A young Jewish American flies to Ukraine in search of his grandfather's past. He has a photograph and the name of a village. He hires Odessa Heritage Tours, made up of a gruff old man and his English-speaking grandson. The three, plus grandfather's deranged dog, travel in an old car from Odessa into Ukraine's heart. Jonathan, the American, is a collector, putting things he finds into small plastic bags, so he will remember. Alex, the interpreter, is an archetypal wild and crazy guy. Alex asks the old man, "Was there anti-Semitism in the Ukraine before the war?" Will they find the village? The past illuminates everything.

Record details

Physical Description: remote
1 streaming video file (106 min.) : digital, sound, color
Publisher: [New York City, New York] : Big Beach, [2005]

Content descriptions

Creation/Production Credits Note:	Directed by Liev Schreiber.
Participant or Performer Note:	Elijah Wood, Jason Schwartzman, Jonathan Safran Foer, Jana Hrabetova, Stephen Samudovsky, Oleksandr Choroshko.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: PG-13; disturbing images/violence, sexual content and language.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.