Common Ground Film Festival - Everything is Illuminated November 5, 2009

The Middletown's Common Ground International Film Festival (September 24th-November 5th) concludes with a screening of "Everything is Illuminated"

Synopsis:
"A young American Jewish man begins an exhausting quest -- aided by a naïve Ukranian translator -- to find the righteous gentile woman who saved his grandfather when his small Ukranian village (along with most of the populace) was obliterated during the Nazi invasion of Russia in 1941. Stars Elijah Wood, Eugene Hutz and Boris Leskin. Liev Schreiber directs. Based on the novel by Jonathan Safran Foer."

Each screening begins promptly at 7:00 p.m. and is followed by a scholarly discussion of the film’s cultural and societal themes. The venues are handicapped accessible and offer plenty of free parking. All events are free and refreshments reflecting each film’s heritage will be served.

Official Website: http://www.russelllibrary.org