A comic study of 20th-century history, reconstructing the life of writer, creator and professional prisoner Tulse Luper. Born in 1911 Newport and last heard of in 1989, Luper’s life is pieced together from the evidence found in 92 suitcases scattered across the globe. 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.
Direction
Split-screen chaos as storytelling grammar, not gimmick.
Production
Every frame a calculated assault on conventional composition.
Writing
Dense, allusive, deliberately maddening — pure Greenaway.
Director
Peter Greenaway
JJ Feild
Tulse Luper / Floris Creps
Raymond J. Barry
Stephan Figura
Ornella Muti
Mathilde Figura
Michèle Bernier
Sophie van Osterhuis
Valentina Cervi
Cissie Colpitts
Caroline Dhavernas
Passion Hockmeister
Scot Williams
Percy Hockmeister
Anna Galiena
Madame Plens
Debbie Harry
Fastidieux
Steven Mackintosh
Gunther Zeloty
Albert Kitzl
Gumber Flint
Jordi Mollà
Jan Palmerion
Ronald Pickup
Monsieur Moitessier
Isabella Rossellini
Madame Moitessier
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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