A reportage by Julius Schmitt ¶
Loredana stares at her smartphone with glassy eyes. Sergiu and Elena smile. She gets her guitar and starts to play. Some 2,000 kilometers to the west, her parents sit in a small room near London and listen to the tunes of their child. Then they ask how she is.
Sasha’s cell phone rings - his mother is calling him from the Czech Republic. He answers - small talk - school was good. Daily routine in Sasha’s life. He won’t see his mother again for another five months.
There are many like Sasha and Loredana in Moldova - about 20,000 children are affected. Nowhere are the effects of labor migration on children so drastic. Republic of Moldova - the country without parents.
32 min / FullHD / 16:9 / color
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Director: Julius Schmitt
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D.o.P.: Jasper Granderath, Feline Gerhardt, Florian Henke
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Sound: Luca Pantow
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Editor: Mario Orías
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Production Company: Kobalt
