The film features a dystopian near-future world which has been split into three. The Third World are the owners of all of the world's resources and are now able to hold the United States and Europe to ransom.
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The people behind it
Ansje van Brandenberg
Huib Broos
Ton van Duinhoven
Wim de Haas
Piet Hendriks
Ben Hulsman
Michiel Kerbosch
Gees Linnebank
Barbara Masbeck
Georgette Reyevski
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