{"id":6985,"date":"2026-03-18T20:21:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T20:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/6985\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T20:21:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T20:21:21","slug":"belgiums-dystopian-drama-series-the-best-immigrant-reflects-the-modern-day-lurch-towards-populism-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/6985\/","title":{"rendered":"Belgium\u2019s Dystopian Drama Series \u2018The Best Immigrant\u2019 Reflects The Modern-Day Lurch Towards Populism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Global Breakouts, Deadline\u2019s strand in which, each fortnight, we shine a spotlight on the TV shows and films killing it in their local territories. The industry is as globalized as it\u2019s ever been, but breakout hits are appearing in pockets of the world all the time and it can be hard to keep track\u2026 So, we\u2019re going to do the hard work for you.<\/p>\n<p>As Series Mania approaches, we\u2019re profiling a buzzy drama out of Belgium that will be premiering in the festival\u2019s International Panorama. The series follows a dystopian near-future <a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0450680\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Flanders<\/a>, where a far-right government has expelled all foreign-born nationals. Those desperate enough to stay have one choice: Compete in a ruthless reality show to win a residence permit.<\/p>\n<p>Name: <a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt35039982\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Best Immigrant<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Country: Belgium<\/p>\n<p>Producers: <a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0418309\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Caviar<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Distributor: <a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0086397\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sony Pictures Television<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Streamer: <a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0847704\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Streamz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For fans of: <a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt8694364\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Years and Years<\/a>, <a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0206634\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Children of Men<\/a>,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welcome to Global Breakouts, Deadline\u2019s strand in which, each fortnight, we shine a spotlight on the TV shows&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6986,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[5053,5054,7,5050,5055,5047,5051,5046,144,5052,5048,5049],"class_list":{"0":"post-6985","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-belgium","8":"tag-actors","9":"tag-actresses","10":"tag-belgium","11":"tag-celebrities","12":"tag-directors","13":"tag-films","14":"tag-hollywood","15":"tag-movies","16":"tag-news","17":"tag-stars","18":"tag-television","19":"tag-tv"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@be\/116252041731580980","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6985\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}