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Left Luggage (1998)
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Reviews Counted:11
Fresh:4
Rotten:7
Average Rating:5/10
Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
US Box Office: $0
Synopsis: Dutch actor Jeroen Krabbe's (IMMORTAL BELOVED) 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... Dutch actor Jeroen Krabbe's (IMMORTAL BELOVED) 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 reevaluate the Jewish faith. An affecting and clear eyed look at Hasidic faith, which is so often glossed over and generalized in movies, LEFT LUGGAGE is a moving film, aided immeasurably by Ms. Rossellini's and Ms. Fraser's standout performances. [More]
Starring: Laura Fraser, Adam Monty, Isabella Rossellini, Jeroen Krabbe
Starring: Laura Fraser, Adam Monty, Isabella Rossellini, Jeroen Krabbe, Marianne Sagebrecht, Maximilian Schell
Director: Jeroen Krabbe
Director: Jeroen Krabbe
Screenwriter: Edwin de Vries
Producer: Ate De Jong
Reviews for Left Luggage
While it would be too much to ask for a movie about Holocaust survivors to actually be happy, Krabbé is way too heavyhanded in trying for a tragic atmosphere
A film that means well, but is too pushy in promoting its belabored point and too sentimental to be compelling as a drama.
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