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

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 ... See full summary »

Director:

Peter Greenaway

Writer:

Peter Greenaway

Stars:

JJ Feild, Raymond J. Barry, Michèle Bernier

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
JJ Feild	...	Tulse Luper / Floris Creps
Raymond J. Barry	...	Stephan Figura
Michèle Bernier	...	Sophie van Osterhaus
Valentina Cervi	...	Cissie Colpitts
Caroline Dhavernas	...	Passion Hockmeister
Anna Galiena	...	Madame Plens
Debbie Harry	...	Fastidieux
Steven Mackintosh	...	Günther Zeloty
Albert Kitzl	...	Gumber Flint
Jordi Mollà	...	Jan Palmerion (as Jordi Molla)
Drew Mulligan	...	Martino Knockavelli
Ornella Muti	...	Mathilde Figura
Ronald Pickup	...	M. Moitessier
Nilo Zimmerman	...	Pip (as Nilo Mur)
Franka Potente	...	Trixie Boudain

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

bare chested male | male rear nudity | male full frontal nudity | utah | suitcase | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Biography | Drama | Romance | Thriller | War

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

UK Spain Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Russia Hungary Germany

Language:

English German Dutch French Spanish

Release Date:

18 July 2003 (Spain)

Also Known As:

As Maletas de Tulse Luper - Parte I: A História de Moab

Filming Locations:

Almería, Andalucía, Spain

Box Office

Budget:

$10,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$90,071

Company Credits

Production Co:

ABS Production, Delux Productions, Focusfilm Kft.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

127 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

'Cissie Colpitts' is the name shared by the three main female characters in Drowning by Numbers (1988), by the same director.

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Connections

Features A Zed & Two Noughts (1985)

User Reviews

Watching this film I learned at least one thing:

Peter Greenaway likes drugs and attempting to differentiate his movies from others. I've seen a few of his other movies before this one and I'm really not much of a fan. I simply don't care for his style but I still respect him somewhat as he doesn't seem to care about living up to peoples expectations. He seems to have plenty of original ideas but it seems as if he never seems to care about perfecting them and bring them out in the most cockneyest of ways. With that said this (along with the whole project) to me doesn't seem much more than a concept... most of the effects (some of which have been used by Greenaway in his previous films) aren't used to their full potential but are used well enough to prove that they can. This might not be an excellent film but it certainly isn't a bad one.