Returning home broke inside a suitcase that then gets stolen at the airport is an example of a very, very good story element of which Krzysztof Kieślowski had very, very many.
THREE COLOURS: WHITE
Krzysztof Kieślowski
1994
Zbigniew Zamachowski, Julie Delpy, Janusz Gajos, Jerzy Stuhr, Grzegorz Warchoł
Screenplay by Krzysztof Kieślowski and Krzysztof Piesiewicz