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Emerenc, an elderly and private woman, is hired to be the housekeeper of a struggling writer, Magda. An event in the writer's life prompts Emerenc to disclose details of her traumatizing past, which will bond the two women forever. Based on the novel by Magda Szabó.
Mar 2012
A comic study of 20th-century history, reconstructing the life of writer, creator and professional prisoner Tulse Lu[er. Born in 1911 Newport, Wales and last heard of in 1989, Luper's life is pieced together from the evidence found in 92 suitcases scattered around the world. An interstitial bridging the first and second parts, repeating the last hour of Part 1 and appending it with material covering Luper's time in Antwerp.
Aug 2003
A comic study of 20th-century history, reconstructing the life of writer, creator and professional prisoner Tulse Lu[er. Born in 1911 Newport, Wales and last heard of in 1989, Luper's life is pieced together from the evidence found in 92 suitcases scattered around the world. In the first of three parts, we follow Luper through 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.
Jul 2003
A comic study of 20th-century history, reconstructing the life of writer, creator and professional prisoner Tulse Lu[er. Born in 1911 Newport, Wales and last heard of in 1989, Luper's life is pieced together from the evidence found in 92 suitcases scattered around the world. A Life in Suitcases condenses the seven-hour trilogy into a single two-hour feature, and in doing so, accentuates the project as a filmic essay in multiple narratives, listings, sidebars, footnotes, commentaries and anecdotes; as a project for an Information Age ready to understand that there never is a phenomenon called History, there can only be Historians, who are always gatekeepers to vested interests.
Jul 2005
A comic study of 20th-century history, reconstructing the life of writer, creator and professional prisoner Tulse Lu[er. Born in 1911 Newport, Wales and last heard of in 1989, Luper's life is pieced together from the evidence found in 92 suitcases scattered around the world. In the third of three parts, Luper continues his adventures as a professional prisoner during the later years of the Second World War and the Cold War.
Jun 2005
A comic study of 20th-century history, reconstructing the life of writer, creator and professional prisoner Tulse Lu[er. Born in 1911 Newport, Wales and last heard of in 1989, Luper's life is pieced together from the evidence found in 92 suitcases scattered around the world. In the second of three parts, we follow Luper as he works in a cinema, giving him ample opportunity to cross paths with virtually every artistic device and dramatic character known to man.
Jun 2004