In recent years, European fiction has often successfully attempted to transcribe and document real events. Without ever attempting to replace journalistic objectivity or documentary deciphering, the creators take an alternative, human and subjective look at these real events.
We know the role played by emotion and identification in raising awareness of the ills of the contemporary world. Fiction, better than any other genre, can play these roles with complete sincerity. But beyond individual awareness, can it move us forward collectively? Can fiction help us to overcome our traumas by plunging us back into painful memories?
That's the gamble taken by the creators of the Belgian series Lost Luggage, who chose to set their series against the backdrop of the Brussels airport bombings. Through the eyes of their heroine, they have woven a web of individual, fictional stories into a grand collective narrative with a very real resonance. A profoundly European story, through which they attempt to answer the question: can fiction heal wounded souls?
