Lost Holiday at Avalon Theater
A film crew embarks on a seemingly impossible mission to uncover the identity of six Asian men who were photographed on 22 rolls of undeveloped film found in a Swedish dumpster in the documentary Lost Holiday.
In the opening credits, director Lucie Kralova calls the film a detective documentary. Her clues are the undeveloped rolls of film. When processed, the negatives produce 756 snapshots of six unknown Asian tourists. Kralova wants to know through making the film if it is possible to track down the men in this interconnected world based solely on what she and the film crew can glean from the photographs.
Kralova begins the endeavour by showing the pictures to Asian tourists in Prague to try to decipher the nationality of the men. Each person offers his/her opinion on why and why not the men are from a particular place. The public responses to who the men are reveal a deeper look at society. Kralova and her crew then caravan throughout Europe retracing the steps of the Asian men, and even humorously filming herself in the same location. She even goes as far to create an exhibition in Prague out of the photographs of the men. Visitors to the exhibit speculate who they think the men are based on what they are wearing, how they present themselves, and other minute details. Her clues lead her only so far, until she hits a dead end, looking for the next break.
Does Kralova ultimately discover who these men are? This documentary detective story is sure to keep viewers entertained and rooting for the crew to find out the identity of these men. Ultimately, the film is about travel, photos, identity in an interconnected world…about memory and the importance of treasuring images, and about our own perception of the world.
Screening Timings : Wednesday, June 10 @ 8pm – one night only
For more details please The Avalon theater website