Vegetarian Scene from Everything is Illuminated

[@elvenstories]

2022 and still loving it. I was 14 when I saw this for the first time, I listen to Gogol Bordello since then. What a beautiful movie. #peace

[@Alephbeth17]

I was 15 years old when I watched this, still I love this scene and made a joke by quoted the conversations with my sister. Such a funny and emotional movie...

[@winterfieldd]

That is exactly what I have experienced in restaurants when I was a kid in the 90s 😂🙈. Very good scene.

[@tzetzat]

This perfectly captures the experience of being a vegetarian abroad.

[@m4rkiz]

It is just because we keep our "special ones" in proper institutions so they aren't allowed to roam free.

[@dearmalaysia]

As if his eyes aren't big enough already, the glasses magnifies them wow

[@agh0x01]

This reminds me of the time I was cycle touring in Romania with a couple of German guys and ordered some vegetarian food in the only restaurant in a small village. I got served vegetable soup. The vegetable soup had tripe in it.

[@actvistanimal457]

Dam thats brutal

[@AnalyticalSentient]

Jeez. It ain't that difficult to have an entrée that doesn't require animal flesh. That's our species for you though... ://kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqS1lpaDmtujjdE

[@josefdenis3799]

Is Romania a safe country to cycle around by yourself?

[@betynac6629]

Yes...

[@sufjan4877]

What's tripe?

[@FaruzLyte]

I'm Ukrainian and a Vegan and I found this to be the funniest thing ever.

[@tgwnn]

Respect!!

[@danielracovitan9779]

hysterical premium scene!

[@mastadonking3816]

0:52 Tfw the babushka walks in and you realize your cheeki has no breeki.

[@marabiofitsialnyy3530]

i am honored to be one of few who watched this movie, i was about 11 to 13 i forgot but that age i i watched this movie

[@sstyblo]

As an American in the Czech Republic-- I can relate! Great movie. One of the few instances I think where it's better than the book.

[@kyriljordanov2086]

Czechitout This film was shot mostly in Czechia. Majority of the Russian speaking people in the film (like the waitress here) are actually Czechs.

[@PsyCoil]

3:27 the expression on his face is just priceless

[@isadenari_7554]

"What the hell did I just witness"

[@kimh.8840]

I love this movie and this scene always has me laughing because I get that kind of reaction. "Why don't you eat meat? Isn't that unhealthy? The hell's wrong with you," haha!

[@theodorelemineur7661]

Kim H. Lol, but to answer your question, no, its not unhealthy. Its actually the opposite. People who eat meat have a much higher cardiovascular desease rate then people who don't eat meat. And cardiovascular deseases are the #1 causes of death btw. Also, there is not such thing as "meat is better because it has protein" because there is protein also in fruits and vegetables. And actually eating too much protein (like meat) can be deadly. So your body only needs a small amount (kinda like in fruits and vegetables). But if there is some complications, you can always get more protein on a plant based diet with beans and stuff like that. I hope that answered your question.

[@znyznyzny]

Theodore Le Mineur obviously she knows

[@leaderstxt]

Theodore Le Mineur lmao she wasn't asking

[@g00glesuck54]

@@theodorelemineur7661 completely false statement being aggressively pushed onto people everywhere. You COULD construct a healthy diet using plants and supplements. It does not mean that any plant diet is healthy. It's quite opposite, most of them are harmful and there are a lot of teenagers who go vegetarian and end up with various deficiencies/diseases caused by bad plant diet. It's correct that there's a higher cardiovascular disease rate in people who eat red meat compared to vegetarians. There's also a longer life expectancy in vegans. But you just said that plant diets are not that great, how does that work...? Well, you see kids, this is one very and very intriguing aspect of modern media called sensationalism. Something is taken out of context and is blown out of proportion. You have to read the study yourself. Who exactly are vegans in those studies? Well, at large, it's people who identify as vegans. Largely they submit a form at the start of the trial which has next question: Are you vegan? Yes/No checkmarks. Who are red meat eaters? Everyone else. Here we arrive at a huge issue. You see children, it turns out that if someone goes vegan chances are that someone does that for certain reasons. Quite often the reasons are to lose weight, to eat healthy, to improve one's health and life. These people don't stop at diet, in fact they go to gym, they avoid alcohol and coffee and nicotine, they use tooth floss. Meanwhile "red meat eater" population has normal distribution of "health freaks". So what we see in those studies is NOT a diet by diet comparison, instead we see a healthy lifestyle vs average "i don't give a fuck" lifestyle comparison. Now if you go and find a study on people who go to gym 3 times a week, do sports, brush their teeth, don't drink alcohol and altogether EQUAL with only difference being vegan vs meat you will see quite the opposite thing - meat eaters win. And BTW noone is interested in sponsoring research like that because there's no "farm grown soy" to sell you later on. ;)

[@DriveLaken]

Three years posted and not one reply from the thousands of vegetable heads that have, most definitely, read this. C'mon, give us a Veggie Tale that counters this. Fact: Meat eaters are more healthy than vegetarians, all things being equal.

[@wintergirl1971]

What a fantastic movie. Definitely one of my favorites :)

[@hubble.-.]

I've watched this when I was 11, unforgettable experience! It's still one of my favorite movies ever, absolutely love the soundtrack too!

[@JoannaSimpsonPR]

My favourite film, beautiful piece of work.

[@psuprofnichols]

This scene. This movie never gets old. I know it word for word.

[@B3nnub1rd]

Never gets old ! ! !

[@tracy9610]

7 years ago!!! Man.

[@אדםעלהירח]

This movie is just wonderful...

[@snicklefritz4209]

Beautiful movie

[@sonyapeach]

I loved this movie so much!

[@AndyMuellerez2b]

This scene is hilarious! :)

[@Rinirinirinirin]

Haha, happens every single time I go to Eastern Europe. Not everywhere and not at all times, of course, but in rural areas it's very common))

[@timesnewlogan2032]

Couldn't she boil it? Mash it? Stick it in a stew?

[@MJKsFan]

What’s taters, precious?

[@janek49]

It was boiled. The old man’s fork went right into it when he stuck it with a fork. I’m a vegan. My dinner looks like that all the time. Little salt and pepper.... delicious!

[@mooncult88]

TimesNewLogan can't u see it's already boiled

[@dearmalaysia]

Toki Tapachula it's a Lord of the Rings reference

[@dearmalaysia]

MJKsFan POH TAY TOES. Big, lovely golden chips with white fish.

[@EmmaGnillot]

I used to watch this movie all the time. I was a vegetarian back then.. I should watch it again. I loved the music

[@Stellaacee]

this was my favorite moment in the book!

[@domarco22]

This scene is premium

[@swilson6495]

Sums up trying to order in a non vegan restaurant.

[@rickyray2794]

You mean a normal restaurant?

[@brauljo]

@@rickyray2794 No, they mean a murder restaurant

[@flyingcrossbody4456]

Beta!

[@brauljo]

@@flyingcrossbody4456 Is that a restaurant?

[@onlything.6276]

@@brauljo ur deranged for calling food murder

[@tememongo]

I remember howling uncontrollably when the potato fell to the floor the first time i saw this movie

[@valeriadele4373]

The scene is very good. It would be so much better if the woman didn't have an obvious american accent though

[@KristynaStefanova]

+Валерия Деле The actress is not American she's from the Czech Republic the film was filmed in Prague.

[@valeriadele4373]

+Kristyna Stefanova Well I didn't find any references to the origins of the actress, but her accent implies unambiguously that her first language is English. It's a reeeeally typical "american-speaking-russian" kind of one. I believe, if her mother tongue were Czech the accent would be different.

[@KristynaStefanova]

+Валерия Деле Her name is Ludmila Kartouská you can find her name in the final cast appearance. She is just not able to fake the Russian accent.

[@uppercutgrandma4425]

She's not American, homie

[@piccolitesticoli]

The irony that her last name is "Kartouska" (Картошка) = Potato

[@pidge7]

So much better when you can actually understand the Russian XD

[@robertklose2140]

I think they were speaking Ukrainian

[@muradm7748]

@@robertklose2140it was clear russian. Except the lady, she sounded horrible :)😊

[@GrogMindwhip]

Something about Elijah with those glasses makes me think of him in Sin City. Creepy.

[@huka0104]

I love this movie!

[@sewellanne]

I know the feeling so well!

[@asoru5573]

R.I.P Boris Leskin, February 21, 2020.

[@thoughtestpunk]

watch this whole movie if you haven't... its amazing

[@jackass123491]

As a vegetarian in a meat eating family, this is me when we go out. Well sometimes anyway. Depends on the restaurant.

[@TearsofaGhost]

me too xD I love this scene

[@jackass123491]

Trilogy We recently went to a place called Monterey Bay Canners. There was only one item that was vegetarian friendly. A salad that I had to ask for the chicken on the side (my mom wanted the chicken), and because I also don't eat eggs and dairy I had to really complicate my order for the poor waitress lol.

[@IvoKurzemnieks]

Once you find out where dairy (and all other animal products) comes from and what toxic ingredients they actually contain, you're gonna think about going vegan.

[@MrAvolov]

Really? have done some research and know didn't see anything terrible in properly farmed meat tbh, not much is added to high quality steaks, and if you talk about a bunch of meat causes aggression research it have been debunked extensively

[@cgm2086]

erm... did you come across anything that explains how cows, chickens, etc. end up dead? 'cause that is really the main problem.or any info on factory farming as the biggest contributor to greenhouse gas? earthlings.com cowspiracy.com knivesoverforks.com

[@AndriyLinnyk]

I don't know why, but this is too funny

[@Zaryushka]

This film is so horribly unfair (in many ways, not just this scene). When I traveled in Ukraine, and I often did when I was younger, people were so understanding when I explained I didn't eat animals (unlike Poland, where almost everyone is rude), and there was plenty of delicious potato vareniki, apple pirozhky and other lovely things I was offered when visiting people.

[@melanieavans6072]

I don't know when and where in Poland you've been, but I can assure You, that there are plenty nice people and there are lots of vegetarians and vegans. There are many vegan/vegetarian restaurants and in "normal" restaurants there's still quite a lot to choose from. I'm sorry You've had a bad experience in Poland, I hope You'll be back some day and can change Your mind. Personally, I recommend Cracow, lovely city :). Have a nice day!

[@Tiisje]

"When I traveled in Ukraine, and I often did when I was younger, people were so understanding when I explained I didn't eat animals (unlike Poland, where almost everyone is rude" FHWOOM. Your credibility just flew out of the window.

[@chetyoubetya8565]

The film is unfair but your comment about Polish people is??

[@donzauker5810]

Just laugh !!take life easy !!!boring vegetarian!!!!

[@GabrielNicho]

This scene is not about being vegetarian, it's about restaurants in a socialist system.

[@chelsas]

Amazing scene :D

[@millenesilva1453]

Woow, Elijah is so beautiful omg hahah ^_^

[@world-traveler880]

You can a better comedic effect if you understand both languages, subtitles are just words that don't exactly convey the whole meaning/inflections/etc.

[@Stefano-dd2sf]

No shit shirlock

[@josh420masterB]

Back in 2011, I spent a summer in Eastern Europe as part of an anthropology course, we were doing ethnographies on the Romani in eastern Slovakia as well as the Rusyns in western Ukraine. One of the other students on the trip was vegan, and my god, she had the hardest time when it came to finding something to eat. She must have eaten kashi at every meal for the entire week we were in a small village in the Carpathian mountains, simply because the villagers were so unaccustomed to accommodating her peculiar dietary restrictions that they couldn't think of anything else to make for her that didn't contain meat or dairy in some form. We had a vegetable soup one night that had been flavoured with bacon (which, by their standards, was still technically "vegetarian") and she reacted the way an omnivore might react if they had been told that the meal they just ate contained the meat from a human baby. I actually heard Gogol Bordello for the first time at a restaurant in Ukraine, and after I returned home, I looked more into them and Eugene Hutz's career. Eventually, I stumbled across this wonderfully quirky film. This scene has always reminded me of that trip, and the poor girl who forgot the first rule of travel; when in Rome, do as the Romans do.

[@sameersharma6413]

Incredible movie

[@giotavegan9483]

I am vegan and here in my country, when i say i don't eat meat,dairy and eggs they have the same reaction like the people in this video

[@ALXD1974]

+Giota Vegan Οχι ολοι, αλλα δυστυχως η πλειοψηφια ειναι ακομα για τις σπηλιες σε πολλα επιπεδα.Οποτε αδιαφορεις και εννοειται πως δεν επηρεαζεσαι απο τον πατο....

[@Becausethearthisnotflat]

true dat

[@OKatGaming528]

Giota Vegan you don’t eat meat

[@WilliamAndScout]

Yea is difficult.

[@Leppy18]

love this movie

[@AZFresh705]

Became a vegetarian and now everyone is sending this to me lol

[@GetDeck4d]

😂 one of my favorite childhood movies

[@LEEyring]

Haha I've so been there!

[@CherylO415]

Sheramerl Haha your mother?

[@Octobermory]

This problem could have been easily solved. Just order 3 normal plates. The vegetarian gives the sausages to Grandpa and Alex (one apiece). Alex gives his potato to the vegetarian and Grandpa can split his potato with Alex. That's it.

[@AnalyticalSentient]

If the basis is ethical (as in ethical veganism, for example), then that would not solve the problem because it would probably be less likely to trigger any dissonance or possible internal consideration (in the two Ukrainian men) of the idea that purchase of animal flesh for consumption is ethically problematic...Tobey's character would still be funding the exploitation that enables such non-benign, needless indulgence.

[@tambykaghdo5789]

in the book he refuses to get a dish with the meat and the potatoes

[@MariuszWelna]

Anyone knows the name of this song?? It's amazing and I cannot find it anywhere. :(

[@rimtuole]

Leningrad - Malen'kiy Mal'chik

[@tim01263]

I have travelled all over the world as a veggy. This is painfully true.

[@winterfieldd]

Same here

[@RaNcIdtyr]

i think this will be my favourite movie til the day i die...

[@grahammallows4586]

2:18 Oh Elijah *puts hand on forehead looks down and shakes head

[@igalflint]

So? I'm 60 years of age and have been a radical vegetarian for 31 years until June, 2007. Since than, I'm feeling SO much better and healthier

[@katitadeb]

OK boomer

[@Liza83]

That was what it was like as a vegetarian when I lived in the southern US, too.

[@karenishness1]

A prelude to the war?

[@lineikatabs]

The American is deranged...

[@chetyoubetya8565]

nonsense

[@IvoKurzemnieks]

Eating tortured and mutilated corpses of dead animals is deranged.

[@znyznyzny]

Ivo Kurzemnieks settle down

[@cristianyoga]

La mejor escena vegana EVER!!!

[@BantuMadikizela]

this scene still funny after 1st time saw it

[@pogolover13]

i dont get it... what are all the songs from the first part of the movie? i get their leningrad... but what are they called

[@Schizo42]

Have you actually seen the entire movie? It's actually very touching.

[@atsukabg4299]

Guys, what is the song title on 3:23

[@josh420masterB]

"Dikiy Muzhchina" by Leningrad

[@atsukabg4299]

@@josh420masterB thanks!

[@josh420masterB]

@@atsukabg4299 Always happy to spread good music, cheers!

[@ciwte]

i did a project on this movie for school and showed this clip to my class. everyone was both amused and confused

[@gomamon15]

we were showed this in class too!

[@foxfire180]

Why? Are the subtitles wrong?

[@Haishinlu]

Sascha is like, the best! :)))

[@exeuroweenie]

Deranged American vegetarian loves this premium film.

[@LauraMcNaughton]

@Mandarink0 Have you read the book?

[@lilpiska]

@soundersbloke no it's russian. everyone in ukraine, especially the major cities, used to have to speak russian. i'm from ukraine and i speak russian.

[@DOTHERIGHTTHING1989]

Boris Leskin (R.I.P.)

[@Wyhmiis]

@ginna8 It's Leningrad. "Malen'kiy Mal'chick". (:

[@latieplolo]

God bless Eugen Hutz. We don’t deserve him.

[@freddykisevalter5]

The film paints a bleak picture of life in the inner city.

[@anujaggarwal1065]

The majority of India's population is vegan. Being an Indian American, this scene I can really relate to. Travelling to Eastern Europe would be similar to Jonathan's situation.

[@h0rn3d_h1st0r1an]

I always wondered how trump took Modi's vegetarian lifestyle lol

[@Banksie2009]

I think the joke is that Alex has learnt English as a foreign language but never actually used it before in a coherent informal speech so he uses all these formal words. As an easters-european, being taught the language in a sterile way as a child, memorising vocabulary from a dictionary and never having heard actual native English speakers talk, I can strongly relate to that.

[@Ilovemovies917]

It’s Peter Parker!

[@Stefano-dd2sf]

No, its frodo

[@manubas91081]

melhor filme ever

[@kimbamamba7230]

Lol i love this scene

[@iDancer101]

"No! No sausage!" Ahaha! It's even funnier when you're a vegetarian.

[@couragedearheart2951]

Love this movie. Lived in Ukraine for 6 years. ❤

[@cekalova]

hahahahaha "nawet kiełbasy?" Świetne!

[@Lottiya]

2:03 i know that feelings 😂😂😂

[@kbekin]

can someone explain the part when the grand father split the potato and say welcome to ukrane? i didn't fully understand

[@redmoon9650]

orlando garate it’s a reference to their communist past (though much of the country is still suffering from the after affects of it.)

[@Biyker]

just sharing hahhaha)

[@eat_ze_bugs]

Red Moon 96 Socialist*

[@m4rkiz]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor

[@АртёмШ-ю3м]

Это прекрасно.

[@abdellahdani]

the guilty vegetarian lool

[@felloliettee]

Даже колбасу? :(

[@Kraliezec]

They should have asked for 3 meals. The two can give him half a potato each to exchange for the sausage. He would have a good meal with two potatoes and pickles, and they would be happy with extra meat.

[@Ainttnoway]

lmaoo what is wrong with you!! hahahah love this movie

[@TheXXPrincess10Xx]

Einfach zu geil der Film^^ Ich liebe Eye-Bitch^^

[@paulmasgalajian3567]

Katie , You come across as absolutely sincere and decent. And you obviously have principles. However, as a student of nutrition, I STRONGLY recommend that you take vitamin/mineral supplements (vegetarian formulas) in mega dosages, especially B-12, natural Vit. E, the electrolytes Potassium Gluconate, Calcium Citrate, and Magnesium. And understand that after menopause, which will commence at least 5 to 8 years (Part 1)

[@beans6240]

Paul Masgalajian Why don't you encourage this to anyone else? If you're a true student you'd know that 40% of Americans are B12 deficient. Vegans take up only 3% of the American population.

[@medcomservis]

хороший фильм,кстати....

[@Refixul]

@Mandarink0 I don't see it as "insulting", maybe a little simplified. I'm Italian so i'm used to stereotypes, particularly in american cinema. Stereotypes can bring someone to laugh, but they also bring to think about cultural differences. And I don't think it is insulting the thing about meat or eating something "from" the floor (it has just touched it!), it showes that eating isn't a thing to take for granted, and that not all the world is U.S.A.

[@luisesquivel1419]

this is my favorite ecsena .ja8

[@hezbollama]

Katrina, you mean Ludmila Kartouska? No, she's not American. She might be Czech, they filmed in Prage as well as Ukraine.

[@couragedearheart2951]

“What’s wrong with him?” 😂

[@thulahadebe2]

So its all about the triangle

[@helloitsbianca]

Looks like weird of me, elijah looks like kevin in Sin City.

[@protonman7]

@electrokittie Poor English skills? The fact is, the english Alex is using is more "proper", and more exact. The words chosen can be understood, like "proximal", it's just that Americans don't speak "proper" English anymore, and haven't for a long time.

[@a.w.v.w2553]

Done parts of Spain are like this

[@merani2011]

восхитительно!!