Dreams of the crisis generation - VPRO documentary - 2013

Generation Flux, Flex, Y or ZZP: the labels differ, but there is always talk of a generation that, for the first time since the war, will not get better than their parents. But what does ’better’ mean? Can we talk differently about this generation than in terms of income, retirement and unemployment figures? How do they experience this crisis and how does it shape them in an age phase that is all about career making, starting a family and thinking about the future? A portrait of a generation that is becoming mature in the uncertainty of a crisis. Original title: Mensen van nu 2013 is the year in which the number of unemployed people for the first time equals that of the early 80s. The children who were born during the 80s crisis are now around 30 years old. Director Tomas Kaan makes a snapshot of this generation and looks at how the crisis affects their lives. About a generation that becomes mature in the uncertainty of a crisis, rediscovers old values ​​but finds new way