Left Luggage (1998)
Directed by Jeroen Krabbé
Genres - Drama |
Sub-Genres - Family Drama |
Run Time - 100 min. |
Countries - Belgium, Netherlands, United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Bhob Stewart
Actor Jeroen Krabbe made his directorial debut with this Dutch-Belgian-U.S. drama examining anti-Semitic attitudes in 1972 Antwerp. Free-spirited 20-year-old student Chaja (Laura Fraser) has a long-haired revolutionary lover and sometimes visits her parents (Maximilian Schell, Marianne Sagebrecht), both concentration camp survivors. Evading eviction from her apartment, Chaja finds work as a nanny with the Kalmans, an Orthodox Hassidic family. Initially rebelling against the rigid traditions, she eventually comes to terms with their way of life as she teaches their four-year-old to follow his father's doctrines. Adapted from Carl Friedman's novel The Shovel and the Loom, this film was shown at the 1998 Berlin Film Festival.
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lover, Jewish, revolution, Holocaust, survivor, nanny, poverty, Divided-loyalties, eviction