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Brussels...

Good things happen here.

Bad things too.

Like in all big cities.

This is a shopping street.

All the shops are here.

Over there's the clubhouse. They put on

that play I was talking about.

Eva. Your name is Eva, right?

Over there, do you see it?

The best bar in Brussels.

Most people hang around Midi station.

But this is the place to be.

Hear that?

Brussels' anthem.

We've got used to it.

I can't sleep if I don't hear sirens.

How was it?

Did you get some good images?

There's nothing interesting to see here.

Let's go someplace else.

- Take it easy, we're going.

- Stop the camera!

- Easy, we're going.

- What are you filming?

Put the camera away.

Put it away! Stop filming!

Turn it off!

- Calm down.

- It's switched off. It's switched off.

Stay in the car.

I'll talk to them.

F***! Look at their faces.

It's like Jurassic Park.

If they get in, we've got a problem.

- Just stay calm, we'll be fine.

- Stay calm?

For all we know, this is a set-up

and he brought us here on purpose.

- Eh, Joerie?

- Are the doors locked, Eva?

- Who's that?

- Are the doors locked?

They're all locked.

Eva, just... start the car and drive.

- Come on, do it.

- Get out of here.

Don't be scared. It's cool.

- Whatever, dude.

- Don't let him in.

Eva, I'm not kidding,

just put your foot down and go!

- He's trying to get in.

- Hey! Goddammit!

You're lucky I'm here.

Eva, what are you doing?

Ah, a Flemish guy.

Goeiedag. Alles goed? Godverdomme.

- Do you speak Dutch?

- What?

- Dutch?

- Are you crazy? What's the point of that?

- What are you doing here?

- We're filming a news report.

Hold on, hold on. You want to show

the neighbourhoods as they really are?

Yes.

With Jean-Rachid as your guide?

Yes, last time...

He only appears

when there's a camera around.

- Could you do any better?

- What?

Why don't you show us

around the neighbourhoods?

OK. Deal.

That will be 100 euros.

- What?

- What?

Do you do it for free?

Is it just a hobby?

So where are we going?

Riots in Molenbeek, Anderlecht,

Sint-Gillis, Brussels' hotspots.

Teenage immigrants arrested for theft.

Most criminals come from poor

neighbourhoods where foreigners live.

Moroccan youths.

The suspect is of Moroccan extraction.

...carried out the stabbing.

A group of Moroccan youths

attacked a police car.

The perpetrator is thought to be

a member of a North African gang.

Teenage immigrants arrested for theft.

Witnesses report seeing

a man of foreign extraction.

Robberies.

Carjackings.

...of North African extraction.

The murder suspect is probably of

North African extraction.

Ten Muslim teenagers were arrested

for violence this morning.

North African criminals

smuggled drugs via Belgium.

The drug dealers are

of foreign extraction.

Most prisoners are immigrants.

There are relatively more foreigners

in prison.

The man who carried out the stabbing

had light brown skin and ran off...

...of Moroccan extraction.

There were immigrant youths present.

Witnesses report seeing

a man of foreign extraction.

At around 9 o'clock a number of

Moroccan youths threw stones at police.

It is not clear what led to this.

This morning ten Muslim teenagers

were arrested for violence.

The greatest threat to our safety is

the increasing number of Muslim youths.

Water cannons were used

to disperse the violent crowd.

Ten Muslim youths were arrested

for robbery.

Schools and social workers

have no influence on the youths.

A number of teenage immigrants

threw Molotov cocktails.

Cars were set on fire.

Immigrant youths take to the street

to express their anger.

- Hello, ladies! How was it?

- A jungle, man.

- Really?

- It was OK.

OK? It got a bit tricky out there.

Our wannabe war reporter.

In a war you know the enemy.

This is infiltrating behind enemy lines.

Here or there,

what's the difference?

It's OK for you.

They never attack sound guys.

You'd be surprised just how many people

think this is a camera.

Next time we'll get you

a helmet and a bulletproof vest.

And put tape round it

and write "TV" on it.

Eva? Herman is waiting for you

in his office.

I know that. Come on, Peter,

you can't be serious?

We've hardly any budget as it is.

Yeah, that's what I told you.

I told you that.

How was it? Good?

Then we can air it later.

No, Peter, that budget was fixed.

Yes.

Why?

Hold on a sec.

You've had a lot of time already.

- I'm trying to make a good job of it.

- Yes, but you should be wrapping it up.

- Says who?

- We do, the channel.

I thought you were the channel?

You can't complain...

Peter... What are you talking about?

Of course. The media game won't change.

Where did you get that?

I've just found an insider from the area

who wants to show us around.

You've got one week.

No, a budget is a budget.

My viewers demand quality

and quality costs money.

Hi, Eva. What's it like being in those

neighbourhoods? Not too much sexism?

No, I'm not working on a story

about this news team.

Can it go on air later?

- I've got another week.

- What? How did you pull that off?

I know these kids,

they come here every day.

One day they buy from my shop,

the next day they smash the place up.

Move the car, immediately.

Hurry up or we'll have it towed away.

That's it, move along.

We haven't got all day.

- Hi guys, how are you doing?

- Alright.

- Everything OK?

- Yeah.

Good, you're all looking healthy.

You should all be in school.

- It's a holiday.

- Holiday? Which holiday?

Carnival, Easter... St Valentine's Day?

- So arrest us.

- I'll call you mother, Hamid.

Jilali, I'll have a coffee

with your sister after work. OK?

- Wait, wait!

- I don't want you playing truant again.

- Miss, you're awesome!

- Yes...

Why did you take part in the protest?

- No one touches us!

- Those Flemish...

- Not the police, not the skinheads.

- Those racists! The sonsofbitches!

Maybe it's because of you.

Maybe it's because of you.

You, the media.

You're the ones screwing us.

When do we make it onto the screen?

When riots occur, robberies...

No wonder we have a terrible image.

The situation is getting out of hand.

Maybe your boss should be got rid off.

And one of us take his place.

That would change the situation

and the way you see us.

- Did you get some good shots?

- Yes, absolutely.

- Can we be the first to see them?

- Sure, I'll give you a DVD.

Take some background shots

and be sure to record some sound.

OK.

- Can I have a cigarette?

- It's my last one.

We can share it if you like.

- Here you are.

- Thanks.

You're welcome.

See this neighbourhood?

Do you know what it was like 20 years ago?

- No.

- Exactly the same.

It was crap yesterday

and it is crap today.

And it will still be crap

in 20 years' time.

- Isn't there anyone who can change it?

- You know... there are people who could.

- Who?

- We could, ourselves.

Once we stop messing up,

we'll get down to it.

I'm going to tell you the story

of a kid called Momo.

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