Belgique / PAYS-BAS / HONGRIE
BELGIUM / NETHERLANDS / HUNGARY
1H49 / IN COLOR / 35mm
IN FLAMISH AND ENGLISH

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.

Director: Caroline Strubbe
Screenplay: Caroline Strubbe
Image: Nicolas Karakatsanis
Sound: Frederic Demolder – Julie Brenta – Benoit Biral – Franco Piscopo
Editing: Frederic Fichefet
Production Design: Igor Gabriel
Music: Albert Markos

Cast:
Lisbeth Gruwez
Sam Louwyck
Kimke Desart
Zoltan Miklos Hajdu
Rik Van Uffelen
Frans De Jong
Ine Pieters
Vincenzo Cardia

Biography Caroline Strubbe Born in 1965, she started her filmstudies at the ‘Escuela Cinematografica de Barcelona’ and continued at the ‘IAD’ in Louvain-La-Neuve. At the end of her studies, she produced the theatre play Le garçon d’appartement by Gerard Lauzier. Meanwhile she co-directed acclaimed documentaries like Une mouche dans la salade, Shocking Manjira and the Cardboard Box and Un portrait de la Belgique, which was shown on ARTE. With her first short fiction ‘Melanomen’ Caroline won several awards all over the world. Two years later her midfeature Taxi Dancer received a special mention in Sundance. The screenplay Lost Persons Area was selected for the EAVE sessions, the Cinemart and the Berlinale Coproduction Market. She also participated in a Binger Lab ‘Acting for Directors’ by Judith Weston. Filmography 1989  Une mouche dans la salade (doc) 1992  Shocking Manjira and the Cardboard Box (short) 1997  Un portrait de la Belgique (doc) 1992  Melanomen (short) 2009  Lost Persons Area (feature)

production
MINDS MEET
Tomas Leyers
Tel. 32 476 46 00 15
tomas@mindsmeet.be

coproduction
ARTEMIS PRODUCTIONS
DE PRODUCTIE
UJ BUDAPEST FILMSTUDIO
ZDF/ARTE & NETWORK MOVIE

international sales
UMEDIA
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presse
THE PR FACTORY
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Marie-France Dupagne
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presse Belge
FLANDERS IMAGE
Christian Deschutter
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Mob. 32 477 475257
cdeschutter@vaf.be

Cannes contact
UMEDIA
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News
The film will be released in France in the Spring 2010 by Les Acacias

Awards
2009 SACD Prize (Semaine de la Critique)
Best Feature Film – 2009 Geneva Cinéma Tous Ecrans

 

Festivals
Munich Film Festival – 2009
Chungmuro International Film Festival (South Korea) - 2009
Warsaw Film Festival – 2009
Valdivia International Film Festival (Chili) - 2009
São Paulo International Film Festival – 2009
Molodist International Film Festival (Kiev) – 2009
Canberra International Film Festival – 2009
Mumbai International Film Festival – 2009
Sevilla EurImages Competition – 2009
MedFilm Roma EurImages – 2009
Tallin Black Nights Film Festival – 2009