Left Luggage (1998) [Re-Upload]

Posted By : galmuchet | Date : 19 Jan 2012 06:10:00 | Comments : 0 |

Cast Laura Fraser, Adam Monty, Isabella Rossellini, Jeroen Krabbé, Topol, Marianne Sägebrecht, Maximilian Schell, David Bradley ...

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 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.

Antwerp, au début des années 70. Chaja est une jeune fille juive 'libérée', étudiante en philosophie. Sa relation avec ses parents, qui ont survécu aux camps de concentration, est complexe. Lorsque, de petit boulot en petit boulot, elle accepte de servir de nurse à Simcha (5 ans), sa vie et ses valeurs se trouvent soudain bouleversées...