Chicagoblok - Verhalen uit de lift

Chicagoblok - Verhalen uit de lift

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 16, 2008

Runtime

1h 5m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

Chicagoblok - Verhalen uit de lift

Production Companies

Holland Harbour Productions

Director

Ingeborg Jansen

Description

With its twenty-plus floors, the Chicagoblok high rise in Antwerp has a bad reputation in the city. But the residents think quite differently about it. The retired Louis has lived here for three years with his Thai wife. He is not proud of his place, but he mingles quite nicely with the other people. After his wife had left him, Rudi ended up in this council housing project. 'I'm surrounded by negroes. They live at night and make a racket.' Single Sandra is ashamed of her neighbourhood and longingly awaits the arrival of her new, Moroccan husband, whom she found on the Internet. African Yves is proud of his block of flats. He feels safe and does not understand the criticism.