everything is illuminated

A 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.

Comedy ꞏ Drama ꞏ blindness and impaired vision ꞏ nazi ꞏ grandparent grandchild relationship ꞏ mass murder ꞏ pop culture ꞏ journey in the past ꞏ souvenir ꞏ collector ꞏ anti-semitism ꞏ photograph ꞏ closeted homosexual ꞏ gay theme ꞏ ukraine