Businessman Christian Vandenheuvel planned to spend the long weekend with his young mistress, Lisa. Instead, they're take hostage by Jos Diels and Nick, two of the 46 laborers who lost their job recently when Christian had his family film bankrupted. Each victim fails to escape, even the fire alarm doesn't get them freed. After Jos realizes the mistress is his only daughter, and Nick falls in love with Lisa, the masked men's mood evolves as they progress to truth time, when the police arrives.
Acting
Jan Decleir's wounded rage hits different.
Writing
The daughter-mistress twist is genuinely unhinged.
Director
Hans Herbots
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hans Herbots later directed the acclaimed series 'The Tunnel'—this early work shows his taste for morally twisted premises.
The film reflects genuine Belgian labor anxieties of the 2000s, when factory closures devastated working-class communities—making the comedy uncomfortably grounded.
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