Three Moroccan bakers walked into Holland 30 years ago—nobody expected this dough to rise.
Documentary that shows the changing attitude towards immigrant labor in The Netherlands. The documentary follows three immigrants that arrived in Holland 30 years ago to work in a bakery.
Direction
Van Bergeijk disappears; the bakers knead their own mythology.
Editing
Thirty years collapse like flour settling in water.
Director
Jeroen van Bergeijk
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title references a 19th-century Dutch workers' anthem—bitter irony for men recruited precisely because locals wouldn't do the job.
The 'guest worker' generation was supposed to leave. The film's quiet horror is watching them realize Holland believed its own lie.
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