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Left Luggage: Set in Belgium in the
early 70's, Left Luggage is the touching
and emotional story of Chaja, a rebellious
philosophy student struggling to come of
age. Her relationship with her parents,
both concentration camp survivors, is
strained and she finds herself unable to
accept her Jewish identity. A family
friend finds her a job as a nanny for a
Hassidic family with 5 children. Joining
forces with Mrs. Kalman (Isabella
Rossellini) and through her love for the
youngest child who doesn't speak, Chaja
learns to accept and respect a culture
steeped in traditions, and finds the true
value of life.
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Comments:
Under the deft direction of Jeroen Krabbe,
this is a stunning, moving film with
wonderful, finely wrought performances by
the entire cast. This film gem certainly
deserves a wider audience. It is a coming
of age film that also pulls back the
curtain on Jewish self hate and
anti-Semitism. It is also about the power
of love to transform and transcend.
The film centers around a beautiful, free
spirited, young woman in Antwerp, Belgium
during the early nineteen seventies. A
philosophy student and daughter of
holocaust survivors (Maximilian Schell and
Marianne Sagebrecht), Chaja (Laura Fraser)
is in denial of her Jewish heritage and is
totally secular in her approach to life.
Her relationship with her parents, for
whom she has little understanding, is
strained. Struggling on her own, she is in
need of a job. A friend of the family
(Chaim Topol) hooks her up with a job
lead, that of nanny for a Hassidic family,
the Kalmans.
# Actors:
Krijn ter Braak, David Bradley (IV),
Benjamin Broekaert, Lana Broekaert, Koen
De Bouw
# Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
# Language: English
# Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only.
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# Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
# Number of discs: 1
# Rating UNRATED
# Studio: Fox Lorber
# DVD Release Date: July 10, 2001
# Run Time: 100 minutes
# Average Customer Review: 5 Stars based
on 18 reviews.
# ASIN: B00005JAB7
# Sales Rank: #17,330 in DVD (See
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