The Unemployment Club
Le club des chômeurs
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".
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...
2001-01-01
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Cast
Director
Andy Bausch
Thierry van Werveke as Jerôme Klein dit Géronimo
Luc Feit as Fränz Welwerding dit Sonny Boy
Christian Kmiotek as Patrick dit Petz
Marco Lorenzini as Frunnes
André Jung as Theodor Linari dit Théid
Marja-Leena Junker as Jackel
Frédéric Frenay as Un gangster français
Marc Olinger as L'homme politique local
Monique Reuter as La policière
Claude-Oliver Rudolph as Un touriste allemand
Gilles Soeder as Un contrebandier français
Hervé Sogne as Lino
Sabine von Maydell as Une touriste allemande
Germain Wagner as Un client du Café du Coin
Jean-François Wolff as Un truand français