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2005 · 1h 45m
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.
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“Leave Normal Behind.”
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Elijah Wood
Jonathan Safran Foer
Eugene Hutz
Alex
Boris Lyoskin
Grandfather
Jana Hrabětova
Jonathan's Grandmother
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