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.
Keywords:
Blindness and impaired vision
Nazi
Grandparent grandchild relationship
Mass murder
Pop culture
Journey in the past
Souvenir
Collector
Anti-semitism
Photograph
Closeted homosexual
Gay theme
Ukraine
Movie tag line: "Leave Normal Behind."
Character: Jonathan Safran Foer
Character: Alex
Character: Grandfather
Character: Jonathan's Grandmother
Character: Leaf Blower