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LOST PERSONS AREA

By Caroline STRUBBE

MINDS MEET - as PROD

Drama - Completed 2008

Lost Persons Area is a story about people lost in the meanders of life.

- Year of production
- 2008
- Genres
- Drama
- Countries
- BELGIUM, NETHERLANDS, HUNGARY
- Languages
- FLEMISH, ENGLISH
- Budget
- 1 - 3 M$
- Duration
- 110 mn
- Director(s)
- Caroline STRUBBE
- Writer(s)
- Caroline STRUBBE
- Cast
- Uldi HAJDU, Sam LOUWYCK, Lisbeth GRUWEZ
- ISAN
- 0000-0004-4367-0000-K-0000-0000-E
- Producer(s)
- Tomas LEYERS (MINDS MEET), Patrick QUINET (ARTEMIS), René GOOSSENS (DE PRODUCTIE), Laszlo KANTOR (UJ BUDAPEST FILM)
- Synopsis
- Bettina and Marcus, a passionate couple, life in a canteen in the middle of a vast field with endless lines of pylons. Marcus, trying to set up his own business, works as a foreman in the maintenance of these power-lines. Bettina, bored and longing for a better life, runs the canteen for the workingmen. Their 9-years-old daughter Tessa, wanders the industrial area, looking for bits and pieces to occupy her mind, skipping school whenever she can. When Marcus hires a Hungarian engineer, Szabolcs, to become part of his company, their unconventional way of living takes a new turn. A tragic accident although will shatter everyone’s pursuit of happiness.
- Partners & financing
- Production funding by the VAF, Holland Film Fund, Rotterdam Film Fund, CFW Belgium, Hunagrian Filmfund, ARTE ZDF and National Lotery Belgium
- Beginning of shooting
- Jul 01, 2008