Fiction

His name was Johnny Chicago. He was loved and feared and mad crazy. And then the cops went and fucking killed him. Determined to pay hommage to his dead best friend, Chuck Moreno persuades Johnnys brother Ray to help him honour Johnnys last wish. But as anybody knows, family is trouble, especailly when Johnnys wife is against the idea and his daughter Tess has had the gloriously dumb idea to join the cops. The end of the Bausch/van Werveke trilogy includes madness, wild chases and a transatlantic finale: more trouble or Trouble No More?

It is in the year 1972, Sebastien aged 10 and a half is a sensitive child with an over-active imagination who is highly aware of the frustrations and interior solitude his love-deprived mother suffers. One evening while reading a magazine, he is stuck by a revelation, a flash of lightening – Queen Elizabeth II. From that day onwards, his whole life changes. He creates an imaginary world in which hisq mother becomes «The Queen» and wonderful, magnificient and totally happy.

Set some time in the undeterminable past: Emily is sent to work and live in the Sovereign’s castle. She manages to escape into the woods, where she meets some lively hookers. Together they become «Robber Girls» taking a stand and fighting the patriarchy. Mix Robin Hood with voluptous burlesque pleasure, add a colourful cast of grotesque deviants, and you get a lusciously gripping coming-of-age fable in a post-feminist society.

Ronnie lives in a small sleepy village and is the owner of a small company for deep-frozen goods. Daydreams, contact ads, the firemen’s brassband, the weekly visits at his shrink and his buddy Lars’ cynical remarks about air guitar and vinyl-records are the highlights of Ronnie’s life. Already, as a kid, he suffered from being under the pressure of his power- and manhood-fixed mother. Ronnie’s feelings are as deep-frozen as his goods. Until the day, a wonderful being – one of the female kind – strands in the village. The local priest hires the young girl, a groupie with the name of Zoya, as housekeeper and within days, Zoya turns the whole manship of the village mad and horny. Also Ronnie falls for Zoya and, well yes, lucky for once, marries her. However, since the presence of Zoya, strange things have happened in the village. Everybody who tries to search in Zoya’s unkown past dies, disappears. Slowly that well-known fear sneaks into Ronnie’s body: men’s fear of women.

Luxembourg is a small country in the heart of Europe. It’s a multi-cultural society, foreigners representing almost 40% of its population. It’s famous for its forward-thinking social policies and – especially – for its financial services. It used to be known for its steel industry – and it still boasts one of the most important media groups in the world. But it’s certainly not known either for soccer or unemployment. So this is «Revanche’s» recipe: take Luxembourg’s unemployed. Put them in business suits. Encourage them to create an international football club which begins to win all its matches. Into this strange mix, throw in a bunch of international criminals, and a bevy of glamorous Eastern European dream creatures all looking for husbands, fame and fortune. The result is a delicious humanist fable, a comedy in which love conquers money. The film takes place in the Great Region (Saar-Lor-Lux)…

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 marginal 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.