The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story (2003)

  • NR
  • 05/24/2003 (US)
  • War, Drama, History, Adventure, Romance, Thriller
  • 2h 7m

Overview

The first of three parts, we follow Tulse Luper in three distinct episodes: as a child during the first World War, as an explorer in Mormon Utah, and as a writer in Belgium during the rise of fascism. Packed with stylistic flourishes, it's a dense, comic study of 20th century history, revolving around the contents of one man's suitcases. The Tulse Luper Suitcases reconstructs the life of Tulse Luper, a professional writer and project-maker, caught up in a life of prisons. He was born in 1911 in Newport, South Wales and presumably last heard of in 1989. His life is reconstructed from the evidence of 92 suitcases found around the world—92 being the atomic number of the element Uranium. The project by Peter Greenaway includes three feature films, a TV series, 92 DVDs, CD-ROMs, and books.

Peter Greenaway

Director, Writer

Cast

JJ Feild's headshot

JJ Feild

Tulse Luper
Caroline Dhavernas's headshot

Caroline Dhavernas

Passion Hockmeister
Jordi Mollà's headshot

Jordi Mollà

Jan Palmerion
Steven Mackintosh's headshot

Steven Mackintosh

Gunther Zeloty
Raymond J. Barry's headshot

Raymond J. Barry

Stephen Figura
Scot Williams's headshot

Scot Williams

Percy Hockmeister
Drew Mulligan's headshot

Drew Mulligan

Martino Knockavelli
Yorick van Wageningen's headshot

Yorick van Wageningen

Julian Lephrenic

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