The 5 of the week of Mercedes Sicilia (Student of English course of the IIE)
Thursday / “Everything is illuminated” directed by Liev Schreiber
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A young Jewish American flies to the Ukraine in search of his grandfather's past. He has a photograph and the name of a village. He hires the 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.
Taken from IMDB.
See also:
http://www.jonathansafranfoer.com/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2002/jun/08/featuresreviews.guardianreview28
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything_Is_Illuminated_(film)
The recommended titles are in the Library of the International Institute. If you are interested in reading this recommendation, you can check its availability at IIE library catalog.
Everything is illuminated = (everything is illuminated). [DVD] / Lev Schreiber. — [Sl] : Spanish Warner Home video, 2005. — 1 DVD (120 min.): son., col.Languages: Spanish, English; Subtitles: Spanish, English, Dutch, Portuguese and French.
Elijah Wood, Eugene Hutz, Jana Hrabetova, Jonathan Safran Foer, Stephen Samudovsky, Oleksandr Choroshko, Ljubomir Dezera.
Not recommended for children under 13 years of age. / ZW .S35 E94 2005
