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Lost Kids on the Beach

Copii pierduti pe plaja
Alina Manolache
Romania
2020
70 min
Dutch Premiere
Festival history

Filmmaker Alina Manolache was born 1990, the year after the fall and execution of Romanian dictator Ceausescu. It marked the beginning of a new, post-communist era. At the start of the film, she calls out to people who had ever been lost on the beach in the nineties to get in touch with her. This seemingly random appeal leads to her traveling around the country and having conversations with a large number of peers about their memories of the experience, and about their life now.

These children of the 1990s seem to be doing well, although some of the conversations take on a darker undertone when the subject turns to concerns about the country and the shadow of the past. Manolache’s interviewing style is light and casual in tone—she often appears in the frame—as she pieces together a portrait of her peers. The word “lost” is frequently applied to her generation, but that turns out to have many different meanings. What it doesn’t apply to, however, is their optimism and hope for the future.

Credits
Director
Production
    Ioana Lascăr for Defilm,
    Radu Stancu for Defilm
    Ioana Lascăr for Defilm,
    Radu Stancu for Defilm
Executive producer
    Laura Musat
    Laura Musat
Cinematography
    Laurenţiu Răducanu
    Laurenţiu Răducanu
Editing
    Gabi Basalici
    Gabi Basalici
Sound
    Filip Muresan
    Filip Muresan
Sound Design
    Filip Muresan
    Filip Muresan
Involved TV Channel
    Romanian National Television
    Romanian National Television
Screening copy
    Defilm
    Defilm

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