Left Luggage ( 2 koffers vol )

Left Luggage (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: 2 koffers vol
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Berlin International Film Festival
British Independent Film Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
96 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Biographies
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1998 and produced in:
Belgium ( France, Benelux )
Netherlands ( France, Benelux )
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Jeroen Krabbe

Written By:
Carl Friedman
Edwin de Vries

Actors:
Laura Fraser ..... Chaya Silberschmidt
Adam Monty ..... Simcha Kalman
Isabella Rossellini ..... Mrs. Kalman
Jeroen Krabbe ..... Mr. Kalman
Topol ..... Yacov Apfelschnitt (as Chaim Topol)
Marianne Sägebrecht ..... Mrs. Silberschmidt, Chaya's Mother (as Marianne Saegebrecht)
Maximilian Schell ..... Mr. Silberschmidt, Chaya's Father
David Bradley ..... Concierge
Heather Weeks ..... Sofie
Miriam Margolyes ..... Mrs. Goldman
Lex Goudsmit ..... Mr. Goldman
Krijn ter Braak ..... Grandfather
Mieke Verheyden ..... Grandmother (as Mieke Verheijden)
Noura Van der Berg ..... Selma
Lana Broekaert ..... Chaya (7 Years)

Synopsis:

Dutch actor, Jeroen Krabbe's first feature film is a touching look at the connected lives of two Jewish families in early 1970s Belgium. Laura Fraser stars as Chaja, the 20 year-old daughter of two Holocaust survivors who eschews her faith and goes to Antwerp to study philosophy and live a bohemian life. However, when she takes a job as a nanny for the Kalmans, a Hasidic family, she begins a friendship with the devout Mrs. Kalman (Rossellini) and her four-year-old son, Simcha that forces her to re-evaluate the Jewish faith. An affecting and clear eyed look at Hasidic faith, which is so often glossed over and generalised in movies, LEFT LUGGAGE is a moving film, aided immeasurably by Ms. Rossellini's and Ms. Fraser's standout performances.

Set in Antwerp, Belgium in the early 70's, a tale about Chaja, an impetuous, liberal-minded philosophy student, and her complex relationship with her parents who are Holocaust survivors. With the help of a family friend, she secures a job as a nanny for a Hassidic Jewish family, the Kalmans, whose world and lifestyle are alien to her liberated self. Chaja adores the Kalmans' five-year-old son Simcha and becomes emotionally attached to him. Through her relationship with the family she gains insight into the lives of her own parents, who are survivors of a concentration camp.

Against a background of holocaust memories, a liberal Jewish girl becomes the nanny to a retarded strict Jewish young boy, and grows fond of him.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 04 April, 2009.

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