WAX: We Are the X (2016)

A mysterious video falls into the hands of a troupe of reporters following an accident involving three thirty-something year olds – two men and a woman. The video chronicles the lives of the trio one week prior, during their road-trip through the French Riviera to shoot a commercial. Shot in the style of found footage – sometimes with an iPhone – this innovative film touts itself as the first “selfie” movie. But, this isn’t a cheeky jab at today’s culture of obsessive self-documentation. Director Lorenzo Corvino’s debut film was born out of a desire to capture the spirit and frustrations of Generation X, the post baby boomers who inherited the economic crisis of the prior generation and who now struggle to compete with the increasingly tech-savvy younger generations.

Una troupe di giornalisti riceve un video da qualcuno di misterioso. Il filmato è la prova lasciata da tre trentenni, due uomini e una donna, di un viaggio in Costa Azzurra e documenta la cronaca di una settimana passata dai tre a completare un incarico prima di essere coinvolti in un incidente. I tre condividono il destino di una generazione condannata.

Einem Reporterteam fällt nach einem Unfall, in den drei Personen in den Dreißigern – zwei Männer und eine Frau – verwickelt sind, ein mysteriöses Video in die Hände. Die Aufnahmen dokumentieren das Leben des Trios in der Woche zuvor, während eines Roadtrips entlang der Côte d’Azur, bei dem sie einen Werbespot drehten.