The Unemployment Club
Le club des chômeurs2001
"The Unemployment Club" is a social comedy whose backdrop is the decline of the steel industry in the south of Luxembourg. Somewhat in the style of Ken Loach, it has been described as a Luxembourg "Full Monty".
- Andy Bausch
- 1h 38m
- January 1, 2001 · Luxembourg, Switzerland
Overview
In Differdange, in the South of Luxembourg, six unemployed men decide to create the "Dole Club", whose rules forbid its members to work, even in the very unlikely event that they are offered a job. Geronimo, Théid, Frunnes, Sonny Boy, Abbes and Petz all agree to abide by the strict regulations of the club. In accordance with them, they manage to survive. But they can do it only on petty theft and other swindles, which is bound to end badly...
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- January 1, 2001
- Original language
- Luxembourgish
- Spoken languages
- Letzeburgesch
- Countries
- Luxembourg, Switzerland
- Cast
- Albert Federspiel,Serge Tonnar,Germain Wagner,Myriam Muller,Claude-Oliver Rudolph,Frédéric Frenay,Christiane Rausch,Véronique Fauconnet,Camillo Felgen,Miloš Hlaváčand 31 more
- Director
- Andy Bausch
- Producer
- Nicolas Steil,Paul Thiltges
- Cinematography
- Jako Raybaut
- Music
- Serge Tonnar
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- Homepage
- Official site
- IMDb
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