LOST PERSONS AREA

By Caroline STRUBBE

URBAN SALES - as SALES All rights, World

Drama - Completed 2009


Festivals
& Awards

La Semaine de la Critique 2009
Prix SACD
    • Year of production
    • 2009
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • BELGIUM, HUNGARY
    • Languages
    • FLEMISH, ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 109 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Caroline STRUBBE
    • EIDR
    • 10.5240/F32D-9350-14A3-2D74-571E-F
    • Producer(s)
    • Tomas LEYERS (Minds Meet)
    • Synopsis
    • Bettina and Marcus, a passionate couple, live 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 nine-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.
      Lost Persons Area is a story about people lost in the meanders of life.