A funny and bittersweet study of what passes from generation to generation told across the sixties, seventies and eighties, exploring the haunting grief of World War Two The Lost Family is a charming, funny, and elegantly bittersweet study of the repercussions of loss and love that spans a generation, from the 1960s to the 1980s. It is a vivid portrait of marriage, family, and the haunting grief of World War II.