The Man with the Suitcase
7.0
A sensitivity to sounds coming from the activities of an unwelcome guest in the close quarters of an apartment is only one important component in this atmospheric, avant-garde drollery by Chantal Akerman. When the apartment owner comes home, her guest is settled in and at first, the slightly reclusive host decides simply to eat her breakfast in her room instead of having to face morning conversation with her guest. Sounds of the toilet flushing, the bath water running and splashing, footsteps pacing, and furniture moving invade the hostess' refuge in her bedroom like the frontrunners of an all-out offensive. She locks herself up for 28 days, life's detritus accumulating around her, just so she does not have to go out to face the nemesis that lurks beyond her door.
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Chantal Akerman Director · Maurice Perrimond Cinematographer Francine Sandberg Editor
First release November 15, 1983 · Produced in France · Production Institut National de l'Audiovisuel
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Original title
L'Homme à la valise
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · November 15, 1983
Limited theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Canada
August 28, 1984 · Premiere · Montréal World Film Festival
France
September 5, 1984 · TV · TF1
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