Film

The Unemployment Club

2001 · 1h 38m · Comedy

"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".

IMDb

6.7

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...

Thierry van Werveke

Jerôme Klein dit Géronimo

Myriam Muller

Angie

Fernand Fox

Abbes

Luc Feit

Fränz Welwerding dit Sonny Boy

Christian Kmiotek

Patrick dit Petz

Marco Lorenzini

Frunnes

Véronique Fauconnet

Teresa

André Jung

Theodor Linari dit Théid

Marja-Leena Junker

Jackel

Kim Anthony

Petz jeune

Gilles Duprel

Le fils de Geronimo

Albert Federspiel

Le chanteur de la fanfare

Camillo Felgen

Le curé

Frédéric Frenay

Un gangster français

Jupp Guddenburg

L'entraineur de foot

Lucien Haas

Le chef d'orchestre

• Andy BauschDirector · Writer
• Jean-Louis SchlesserWriter
• Nicolas SteilProducer
• Paul ThiltgesExecutive Producer
• Jako RaybautDirector of Photography
• Serge TonnarOriginal Music Composer
• Mirjam KrakenbergerEditor

Release date

January 1, 2001

Status

Released

Original language

Luxembourgish

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

0

Genres

Comedy

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