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August 08, 2005
Everything Is Illuminated
This in from Caroline Westbrook
The trailer for the film version of Jonathan Safran Foer's cult novel Everything Is Illuminated has just been released, and is well worth a look.
Directed by Jewish actor Liev Schrieber (who was last seen in The Manchurian Candidate), the film stars Elijah Wood as the author, who heads for a remote part of Ukraine to trace the woman who saved his grandfather from the Nazis several decades ago. His guides on the trip are a young Ukranian named Alex with a decidedly dodgy grasp of English, and his grandfather, whose grumpiness is concealing a dark secret from his past.
At first glance it looks as though this ought to be a difficult book to put on film. The action spans several centuries, the plot frequently borders on the surreal, and much of it is narrated by Alex in broken English. However, if the trailer is anything to go by it looks like Schreiber and co have done a good job. Wood, almost unrecognisable in big glasses and dark suit, is appealing as Foer, while other moments in the trailer suggest that the blend of comedy and emotional drama will work very well indeed.
The film's due out in December – and if it lives up to the promise of the trailer could be one of the best Jewish movies we've seen in ages.
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