The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to Finish
2004 · Movie · 120 min. · United Kingdom
The Tulse Luper Suitcases is a epic trilogy about the enigmatic life and times of Tulse Luper, a man bigger than the world itself. The 3 films covers some sixty years of recent history from 1928 when the existence of a substance called Uranium was discovered, to the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Cold War in 1989. The writer, collector and professional prisoner Tulse Luper continues his adventures as professional prisoner during the years of the IIWW. First, on the paradise island of Sark enjoying self-imposed imprisonment until he is betrayed to the Germans by a jealous trio of sisters. Then in Barcelona where he is pursued by a bounty-hunting jailer to protect and support the lesbian marriage of his jailers’ one-time wife and mistresses. Then to Turin where he is forcibly persuaded to become lift boy in the Mole Antonelliana observing the secrets of the Italians beleaguered by the fascist regime, then to Venice where he murders one jailer and is propositioned by another. Then to Rome as the Americans march in where he accepts the overtures of his jailer who is dying of uranium poisoning.
Direction Peter Greenaway
Cast JJ Feild · Roger Rees · Stephen Billington · Jordi Mollà · Isabella Rossellini · Renata Litvinova · Anna Galiena · Ana Torrent · Valentina Cervi · Ornella Muti · Drew Mulligan · Roberto Citran · Itziar Castro · Iori Hugues
Soundtrack Borut Krzisnik · Giovanni Sollima
Screenplay Peter Greenaway
Cinematography Reinier Van Bruemen
Original title The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to Finish
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