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The story is set in the industrial south of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. The decline of the steel industry has left a wake of unemployment, but the state is determined to retrain all the scrapped steelworkers. There is, however, a pocket of resistance! The Unemployment Club. To be a member of this exclusive band, you must be unemployed; swear not to look for employment; commit to remain unemployed at all costs; stay off the books forever; and work harder at remaining out of work than ever you did when you were in work. A bittersweet comedy about a band of marginals cozily ensconced in the Welfare State. Love. Hatred. Treachery. Humor. The Unemployment Club may be a small picture but it deals with big emotions. And asks provocative questions.

Keywords

  • Andy Bausch
  • Escape to the 2000s
  • In Luxembourgish language
  • Made in Luxembourg

Actors

  • Myriam Muller
  • André Jung
  • Thierry Van Werveke
  • Luc Feit

Director

  • Andy Bausch

Comedy


1h 37min


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LUXEMBOURGISH


FRENCH

Switzerland
Luxembourg
2001
The story is set in the industrial south of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. The decline of the steel industry has left a wake of unemployment, but the state is determined to retrain all the scrapped steelworkers. There is, however, a pocket of resistance! The Unemployment Club. To be a member of this exclusive band, you must be unemployed; swear not to look for employment; commit to remain unemployed at all costs; stay off the books forever; and work harder at remaining out of work than ever you did when you were in work. A bittersweet comedy about a band of marginals cozily ensconced in the Welfare State. Love. Hatred. Treachery. Humor. The Unemployment Club may be a small picture but it deals with big emotions. And asks provocative questions.

The story is set in the industrial south of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. The decline of the steel industry has left a wake of unemployment, but the state is determined to retrain all the scrapped steelworkers. There is, however, a pocket of resistance! The Unemployment Club. To be a member of this exclusive band, you must be unemployed; swear not to look for employment; commit to remain unemployed at all costs; stay off the books forever; and work harder at remaining out of work than ever you did when you were in work. A bittersweet comedy about a band of marginals cozily ensconced in the Welfare State. Love. Hatred. Treachery. Humor. The Unemployment Club may be a small picture but it deals with big emotions. And asks provocative questions.


Cast & Crew

andy-bausch

Director

Andy Bausch

myriam-muller

Cast

Myriam Muller

andre-jung

Cast

André Jung

thierry-van-werveke

Cast

Thierry Van Werveke

luc-feit

Cast

Luc Feit


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