Eight young adults, all career-oriented people who think freely, live comfortably and can go where they want, will live for eight days as inhabitants of a dictatorship. A society that is the opposite of the world in which they now live and which they take for granted. No freedom, no rights. The candidates are volunteers who can step out of the experiment at any time. But when the door closes behind them, the inhabitants of this society are in a dictatorship. Participants will not see direct sunlight for eight days. The windows are sealed and occasionally light up. The clock is constantly rotated. Day and night are mixed up. All their baggage is confiscated. No computer, no cell phone, no personal items. The link with the outside world is completely broken. A team of 2 psychologists keeps a close eye on the participants. Joris Bruynincks & Sarah Van Pelt are experts in social psychology and have a lot of experience in the prison system. They observe and explain the behavior of the participants. If you leave the 8 days completely, you might win 20,000 euros. But the participants do not know what to expect from this social experiment and nobody knows how to behave, or what to do to win or lose ...
