The top mistakes in Everything Is Illuminated http://www.moviemistakes.com/film5295 en Sat, 19 Jul 2008 05:55:25 +0000 103146 In the scene where Alex meets Lista in the first time, there is an oil lamp above her head. During the scene, the lamp is changing sides from the right to the left, and then again to the right. 134448 When the grandfather cuts the potato, the pickle on the plate moves back and forth in the different shots. 95496 Sometimes motor vehicles were being driven on the right side of the road and sometimes the left side. It varied throughout the movie.