A young American Jewish man goes on a quest to find the woman who saved his grandfather in a small Ukrainian town that was wiped off the map by the Nazi invasion. His guides are a cranky grandfather and his over-enthusiastic grandson, whose fractured command of English, passion for American pop culture, and inability to shut up threaten to make the worst of every situation. But what starts out as the tour from hell turns into a meaningful journey, with an unexpected series of revelations that will change all of their lives.
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Boris Leskin as Alex's Grandfather Elijah Wood as Jonathan Eugene Hutz as Alex
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[from trailer]
Jonathan: I'm a vegetarian.
Alex: You are a what?
Jonathan: I don't eat meat.
Alex: Pork?
Jonathan: No.
Alex: Chickens?
Jonathan: No!
Alex: What about the sausage?
Jonathan: No meat!
Alex: What is wrong with you?
Director: Liev Schreibner Cast: Elijah Wood, Eugene Huntz, Boris Leskin Screenplay: Live Schreibner (based on the book by Jonathan Safran Foer) MPAA Classification: PG-13 (disturbing images/violence, sexual content and language)