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Cast
JJ Feild
as Tulse Luper / Floris Creps
Roger Rees
as Tulse Luper
Stephen Billington
as Tulse Luper
Raymond J. Barry
as Stephan Figura
Ornella Muti
as Mathilde Figura
Steven Mackintosh
as Günther Zeloty
Jordi Mollà
as Hypolite / Gaudí / Jan Palmerion
Ronald Pickup
as Monsieur Moitessier
Isabella Rossellini
as Madame Moitessier
Franka Potente
as Trixie Boudain
Movie Info & Details
Release Year2005
Runtime2h 00m
LanguageDutch
CertificationNR
GenresHistory, Adventure, War
Votes4
DirectorPeter Greenaway
WritersPeter Greenaway
TypeFeature Film
Rating5.8 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsA Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper
About A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper
A comic study of 20th-century history, reconstructing the life of writer, creator and professional prisoner Tulse Luper. Born in 1911 Newport and last heard of in 1989, Luper’s life is pieced together from the evidence found in 92 suitcases scattered across the globe. A Life in Suitcases condenses the six-hour trilogy into a single two-hour feature, and in doing so, accentuates the project as a filmic essay in multiple narratives, listings, sidebars, footnotes, commentaries and anecdotes; a project for an Information Age ready to understand that there never is a phenomenon called History, there can only be Historians, gatekeepers to vested interests.
Directed by Peter Greenaway, A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper leans on a strong ensemble — JJ Feild, Roger Rees, Stephen Billington — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about history titles of 2005.
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