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Emotional Gloomy Sincere Touching
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Nanny Coming of Age Family Life Youth Family Relations Mentally Challenged Interracial Relations Parents and Children more...
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Belgium Europe Antwerp
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Left Luggage, 1998

Starring: Laura Fraser, Isabella Rossellini

Directed by: Jeroen Krabbe

Written by: Edwin de Vries

Language: English, Hebrew, Yiddish

Country: USA, Netherlands, Belgium, UK

Runtime: 100 min

MPAA Rating:

Rating:7.4

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The mood of Left Luggage is emotional, gloomy, and sincere. The plot centers around a nanny, coming of age, and family life. It is a drama and independent movie. In approach, Left Luggage is serious and realistic. The pacing is slow. The setting is antwerp and Belgium. Left Luggage happens in the 20th century. It is based on a book. The movie is known for being an award winner.

Summary of Left Luggage

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.

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Language:	English, Hebrew, Yiddish
Country:	USA, Netherlands, Belgium, UK
Release date:	October 1998
Runtime:	100 min

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Laura Fraser

as Chaya Silberschmidt

Isabella Rossellini

as Mrs. Kalman

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Variety

A well intentioned but uneven and overly sentimental film. Full Review

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by: David Stratton

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Made with great sensitivity

not many films have touched me like this one. more than a story about concealed anti-semitism, and how jewish people see themself Almost 30 years after the Holocaust, it's a touching and beautiful coming of age story that won't leave you with dry... Read and rate it

05.September.2008
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by: Anita.Hoffman
Anita.Hoffman rated this movie10/10Must See

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