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

Director:

Peter Greenaway

Writer:

Peter Greenaway (writer)

Release Date:

18 July 2003 (Spain)

Genre:

Adventure | Biography | Drama | Romance | Thriller | War

Plot:

The first of three parts, we follow Tulse Luper in three distinct episodes: as a child during the first World War...

Plot Keywords:

First Of Series | Physical Abuse | Part Of Trilogy | English | Male Full Frontal Nudity

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

JJ Feild	...	Tulse Luper / Floris Creps
Caroline Dhavernas	...	Passion Hockmeister
Jordi Mollà	...	Jan Palmerion
Steven Mackintosh	...	Gunther Zeloty
Raymond J. Barry	...	Stephen Figura
Scot Williams	...	Percy Hockmeister
Drew Mulligan	...	Martino Knockavelli
Yorick van Wageningen	...	Julian Lephrenic
Jack Wouterse	...	Erik van Hoyten
Naím Thomas	...	Hercule
Nilo Mur	...	Pip
Valentina Cervi	...	Cissie Colpitts
Tom Bower	...	Tom Fender
Michèle Bernier	...	Sophie van Osterhuis
Barbara Tarbuck	...	Ma Fender

Also Known As:

Maletas de Tulse Luper: La historia de Moab, Las (Spain)
Valigie di Tulse Luper - La storia di Moab, Le (Italy)

Runtime:

France:127 min (Cannes Film Festival)

Country:

UK | Spain | Italy | Luxembourg | Netherlands | Russia | Hungary | Germany

Language:

English | German | Dutch | French | Spanish

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Netherlands:16 | Spain:18

Filming Locations:

Almería, Andalucía, Spain

Company:

ABS Production

Trivia:

'Tulse Luper' was first mentioned in Greenaway's A Walk Through H: The Reincarnation of an Ornithologist (1978), as the owner of the 92 maps.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish (2003)

Pants-wettingly thrilling

This film is the nth Wonder of the World. It's just so unashamedly full of details, pictures in pictures, special effects, not so special effects, special and unspecial characters, kids, lists of lists, colors, sets, music that puts other, more franchise-y trilogies such as Matrix and Lord of the Rings to shame, plot, plot, plot, perspectives and fiery dialogue about America, Europe, war, sex, friendship, family, torture, dentistry,... It's nominally about stuff like imprisonment and 20th century history, but it's really all about the limits of film and the artist's ability to satirize his own extremism. And the tracking-shots are just stupid, in a good way. And it's completely insane. And so funny I was shaking and bit my chewing gum in half. It never stops. I think P.G. ran out of money --- the sequel wasn't too great --- which is a shame, he's been planning this for years. Anyway, I believe I enjoyed this film. And hey: I love Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Braveheart too.