'Vegetables from Balen') is a 2011 Belgian drama film adaption of the book eponymous play by Walter van den Broeck.

When the workers find out that their colleagues at the sites in Hoboken and Liège earn 10 Belgian franc more per hour for similar work, they start a strike which takes nine weeks.

Jef Sleeckx, at that time only a local politician and member of the town council of Mol, convinces banks and landlords to temporarily suspend loans and rents.

Germaine loses her job at the GB in Mol after she is caught stealing a box of chewing gum.

In the end, the board of directors concedes and promises better conditions and pay than initially demanded.