74SSIFF - 18/26 September 2026
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Le Faux Soir

Michaël R. Roskam
Belgium - France      132 m.
Closing film out of competition 50 years of freedom
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1943. The Nazis occupy Belgium and have turned the national daily Le Soir into their propaganda tool. With 1918 Armistice Day commemorations forbidden, a group of Resistance fighters comes up with a wild idea: what if, to lift the spirits of the Belgian people, they could print a fake edition of Le Soir? Same paper, same nameplate, same format, but packed with articles mocking the occupier. A true story. A fake newspaper. The world's first media hack.

Director
Michaël R. Roskam (Belgium)
Screenplay
Michaël R. Roskam, Bernard Falaise
Production
Frakas Productions (Belgium)
Jean-Yves Roubin, Cassandre Warnauts
Goodfellas (France)
Vincent Maraval
Rectangle Productions (France)
Alice Girard
Sales
Goodfellas (France)
Distribution
La Aventura (Spain)
Photography
Jordan Vanschel
Editing
Nelly Quettier
Music
Christophe Chassol
Sound
Thomas Gastinel, David Vranken, Roland Voglaire, Alek Goosse
Cast
Arieh Worthalter, Mélanie Thierry, Karim Leklou, Mara Taquin, Bouli Lanners, Julien Frison, François Damiens
Format
DCP
Run time
132 m.
Original language of the film
French
Country
Belgium - France
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