Some forty years ago, the punk movement emerged in England among disaffected youth suffering an economic crisis, unemployment and disillusionment. What if that also now affects millennials? Generation B imagines a dystopia where Belgium has lost Standard and Poor’s cherished A rating, downgraded to a shameful B. But baby-boomers desperately want to cling onto their remaining privileges, leaving the young literally begging for jobs and sleeping on the street. In Brussels, Jonas struggles to get his life together and his girlfriend back. He then meets strange characters who quietly prepare a revolution against their elders. Stand-up comedian Joost Vandecasteele mocks the generation gap, consumerism and apathetic millennials. His ragtag and proto-punk world is painfully plausible. Channelling his anger means not joining a rock band but a call-centre where others want to humiliate you — old-fashioned rebellion has morphed into a mix of neurotic resignation and comic action.
Film details
Productieland
Belgium
Jaar
2017
Festivaleditie
IFFR 2017
Lengte
90'
Medium/Formaat
File
Taal
Dutch, English, French
Première status
World premiere
Director
Pieter Van Hees
Producer
Marijke Wouters, Saskia Verboven, Pieter Van Huyck, Kim Vandercruyssen
Screenplay
Pieter Van Hees, Joost Vandecasteele
Cinematography
Brecht Goyvaerts
Editing
Koen Timmerman
Production design
Johan Van Essche
Sound design
Jan Deca
Music
Nico Renson
Principal cast
Jeroen Van der Ven, Ella-June Henrard, Efrat Galai, Eva Binon, Katelijne Damen, Jeroen Perceval, Mungu Cornelis