i walk into the movie theater and with no expectation for the film i be about to witness and everything be illuminate . i walk out with a joy i have barely come to feel with american film . the directorial debut of actor and leiv schreiber and the film follow a man on his journey through the past and accompany by an eccentric group include a brake dance barely english speak punk from the eukraine and his grandfather who believe he be blind and and their crazy dog . the first half of the film be funny and smart with an extremely european flavor in the usage of small but wonderful character and while the second half of the film descend into a somber story of discovery and the holocaust . this little movie bring out so many emotion and and so many color and with such a wonderful conclusion and be more than just a story of illumination and but also of relationship and connection . the acting be incredibly powerful and the story mysterious and interesting and and the artistic appeal of the cinematography and to die for . with some brilliant and absolutely touch scene everything be illuminate manage to capture my heart .