Love Is Not an Orange

Original Title: Love Is Not an Orange

Documentary | 72' 16" | 2022 (In post-production)

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Director:	Otilia Babara
Producer:	Hanne Phlypo
Writer:	Otilia Babara

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Video letters from the 1990s chart the experience of Moldovan families divided when mothers travelled west for work.

synopsis

In the early 1990s, large numbers of women left Moldova to provide for their families. They stayed in touch, sending large cardboard boxes filled with gifts and food that their families could only dream about in those days. In return, their children would send videotapes. This exchange became a ritual for thousands of families. As time passed, it became clear that the mothers' return was an increasingly distant prospect. Children turned into teenagers and, disillusioned, they stopped recording. Through these intimate private archives, the film depicts the fragility of family bonds through the eyes of a generation of mothers and daughters who were forced to live apart in order to survive.
Begin jaren '90 verlieten veel moeders Moldavië om geld te verdienen voor hun gezin. Om hun fysieke aanwezigheid te vervangen en hun afwezigheid minder pijnlijk te maken, communiceerden ze met elkaar door middel van dozen gevuld met geschenken. Dit gebaar werd een ritueel onder vele families. Met behulp van videocamera's deelden ze hun levens en deze beelden werden vaak toegevoegd aan de kartonnen dozen. Naarmate de technologie vorderde, verbeterde de beeldkwaliteit, maar de relaties werden steeds afstandelijker. Via deze intieme privé-archieven verbeeldt Love is Not an Orange de kwetsbaarheid van familiebanden door de ogen van moeders en dochters die gedwongen werden apart te leven om te overleven.

Credits

Director
Otilia Babara
Producer
Hanne Phlypo
Writer
Otilia Babara
Editing
Pierpaolo Filomeno
Sound
Mark Glynne

Format

Creation details

Type
Film
Category
Doc
Production share
Majority Flemish Production
Belgium
Genre
Documentary
Year of production

2022
Production status
In post-production
Original title
Love Is Not an Orange
Original language
Moldavian, Romanian

Technical specs

Running time
72' 16"
Available in
2D
Aspect ratio
16:9
Sound format
5.1 (+sub)
Available formats
DCP
Colour
Colour

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Contact

Clin d'oeil films (Leuven)

Philipssite 5
3001 Leuven
Belgium

T +32 16 905 110
info@clindoeilfilms.be

www.clindoeilfilms.be

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Alegria Productions (FR), Basalt Film (NL)

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Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF), Shelter Prod, PROCIREP, ANGOA, Nederlands Film Fund

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Love Is Not an Orange

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Credits

Director

Producer

Writer

Editing

Sound

Format

Creation details

Type

Category

Production share

Genre

Year of production

Production status

Original title

Original language

Technical specs

Running time

Available in

Aspect ratio

Sound format

Available formats

Colour