Programme Overview
Description
“On a Wednesday, or maybe it was a Thursday, Belgium’s economic rating dropped from AA+ to B. Everything that follows is true. Slightly exaggerated maybe, but not that much."
This is where shameless social satire Generation B takes off – tracking the generational conflict between the young, who carry the weight of this new financial crisis, and the powerful baby boomers, who have no intention of giving up their luxury lifestyle. Generation B follows six youngsters trying to survive in the metropolis that is Brussels.
The main character is Jonas. A few months ago, his life seemed perfect, but then he lost both his job and his apartment. But the worst part is that his girlfriend Brulletje left him. Jonas is convinced that everything will turn out fine as long as he and Brulletje get back together.
In order to survive, Jonas takes an underpaid job at a call center and rents a couch in a small apartment that he has to share with two of his fellow sufferers in life. Here Jonas meets the charismatic yet disturbed guru Sebastiaan, who wants to unleash a revolution against the baby boomers, and the mysterious hacker Lilith, who plan to recruit him in their battle.
It’s not long before everything reaches a boiling point for Jonas, both on a relationship and on a social level.
Generation B is about being young in an old world – where life does not look promising…