Greetings and a Living

Overview

Billy, a 20-year-old working-class youth, returns from military service hoping to build an independent life. Instead, he clashes with his father over his future and reluctantly takes a job in construction. After his friend Mike, a migrant worker, dies in an accident caused by the contractor’s greed, Billy lashes out in anger and loses his job. At the same time, his relationship with his girlfriend Mieke begins to fall apart when she is suspended from her teaching position.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

August 23, 1974

Original language

Dutch

Production

Showking Films,Cinécentrum N.V.

Cast

Marc Dex,Hanny Vree,Joris Collet,Doris Van Caneghem,Miche Van Sandvliet,Romain Deconinck,Leslie de Gruyter,Marion Hänsel,Cara Van Wersch,Gerda Marchandand 3 more

Director

Patrick Le Bon

Writer

Frits Danckaert,Marc De Boever,Patrick Le Bon,Piet Teigeler

Producer

Paul Collet,Pierre Drouot,Alain-C. Guilleaume

Cinematography

Albert van der Wildt

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0220746