Gastarbeiders

Spoken: Arabic & Dutch. Subtitles: English.

Brothers Mimoun and Hamidou are guest workers. In 1964, tempted by the glossy brochures, they came to the so-called ‘promised land’ Belgium. They got jobs as miners in the coal mines of Beringen, hoping to return home with a lot of savings. But things turn out a lot different than they had imagined.