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Actors: Isabella Rossellini, Jeroen Krabbe, Maximilian Schell
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Left Luggage |
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This drama is set in Antwerp during the early '70s. It chronicles the coming of age of a college student, Chaya, who takes a job tending to the five children of an Orthodox Jewish family, the Kalmans. Chaya is well aware of being Jewish herself, as her parents are Holocaust survivors whose lives are ruled by the past. (The film's title refers to emotional baggage as well as actual luggage.) However, Chaya comes from an assimilated family, so it takes her time to come to terms with the religious strictures that rule in the Kalman household. What Chaya cannot accept, however, is Mr. Kalman's dogmatic demeanor. She is especially frustrated that he doesn't appreciate the time she devotes to one of her charges, a developmentally slow, five-year-old boy who has never spoken a word.
--Elana Starr, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Left Luggage |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Ethnic/Regional/Gender story?
Yes
Main Char. ethnic: (if not US Caucasian)
- Jew, regular
Culture clash?
- family young v. old guard
Culture of surrounding area:
- Jewish
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Dutch
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Jewish
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- religious figure
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Jewish
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Netherlands
Misc setting
- school
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- thoughtful
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- English
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
Is this movie based on a
- book
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