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Caroline Strubbe's Lost Persons Area was chosen Beste Debut Feature at this year's 20th anniversary edition of Cinequest (23 February - 7 March) in San José. The film, which won the SACD Best Script Award at last year's International Critics Week in Cannes, was selected for the fest's Inspire programme.

Lost Persons Area is produced by Tomas Leyers for Brussels-based production outfit Minds Meet. The film stars Lisbeth Gruwez, Sam Louwyck, Zoltan Miklos Hajdu and Kimke Desart. International sales are handled by Paris-based Umedia.

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

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